This gritty, lovely documentary follows the unlikely musical partnership between Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee, a black studio and backup musician for stars like Etta James, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and Adam Gussow, a white Princeton graduate who grew up in Rockland County. A … [Read more...]
Films
SATAN & ADAM
| Location: Nyack Center Title: SATAN & ADAM Year: 2018 Country: USA Genre: Documentary,Music Director: V. Scott Balcerek |
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
| Location: Nyack Center Title: THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM Year: 2018 Country: USA Genre: Documentary,Nature Director: John Chester |
John Chester and his wife Molly left Los Angeles to establish a farm where they could live in anti-corporate harmony with nature. Nature gives but it also takes away, and eventually they learn to embrace biodiversity, stocking their land with all forms of plant and animal life. Their story is an … [Read more...]
A BIGGER SPLASH
| Location: Nyack Center Title: A BIGGER SPLASH Year: 1974 Country: USA Genre: Art,Documentary,Drama Director: Jack Hazan |
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month A Bigger Splash dispenses with talking-heads to create an innovative film about the English-born, California-based artist David Hockney that honors its subject through creative risk. It is a time capsule of gay life in the 1970s, an honest depiction of male romance, … [Read more...]
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Filmmaker Sara Driver (R) with artist Brett De Palma (L) and moderator Bill Batson (M) discuss "Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
