McSweeney’s Presents: Documentary Now!
Join McSweeney’s for an afternoon and evening celebrating the release of the official, comprehensive (over 600 pages!) companion book to Documentary Now!, from Broadway Video and IFC.
The program pairs two of the greatest nonfiction films ever made with their brilliantly off-kilter counterparts: Grey Gardens by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, alongside Sandy Passage, and Original Cast Album: Company by D. A. Pennebaker, paired with Original Cast Album: Co-Op.
A celebration of documentary form, obsession, and the fine line between homage and satire.
See each doc & episode pairing individually for $16, or both docs and episodes as a double feature for $24. You can also bundle the double feature with the book for $64. The book will also be available for purchase at the theater for $59.95.
About the the book:
McSweeney’s and Broadway Video present the official over-six-hundred-page comprehensive companion book to IFC’s Documentary Now!, made with the assistance of series directors Rhys Thomas and Alex Buono and including new writing by Seth Meyers, a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–finalist Matt Zoller Seitz, the complete sheet music for John Mulaney and Eli Bolin’s Co-op: The Musical, and much more.
Hitchcock/Truffaut, Cahiers du Cinéma, Documentary Now! The best film texts touch our lives and leave an indelible imprint on our shared cultural experience, deepening and enriching our relationships with this most universal of modern artistic mediums.
In this new fully revised and expanded edition of Documentary Now!’s seminal 1975 text, the curators behind the beloved long-running Documentary Now! program invite us to celebrate the craft, legacy, and minutiae of some of the most brilliant works of nonfiction ever put to celluloid. This remarkable book presents unique access to stills, posters, scores, and archival materials from some of the most celebrated documentaries in film history; alongside essays from some of the greatest cultural luminaries of the last fifty years, including two new introductions by series host Helen Mirren and critic Matt Zoller Seitz, and the classic introduction by original host Burt Lancaster.
From the medium’s beginnings in Kunuk the Hunter to its all time masterpieces Sandy Passage and Original Cast Album: Co-op, this book seeks to shine a spotlight onto documentary’s past, revel in its present, and look for signposts guiding toward its future.
