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The Criterion Collection Live!

From laserdisc to DVD to Blu-ray and the digital beyond, Criterion has remained committed to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and which feature supplemental materials that shine a light on the art of filmmaking. Metrograph is thrilled to team up with Criterion to give you the chance to peek into their process and meet key players involved in their releases. These series of events, hosted by Criterion staff members, feature onstage Q&As with special guests, clips of rare content, audience gifts, and more.

In the early 1960s, at the same time that John F. Kennedy was changing American politics, reporter-filmmaker Robert Drew and his amazing dream team—which also included Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, and Albert Maysles—were transforming documentary. Criterion’s new set The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates collects the films in which Drew and his collaborators followed Kennedy, from campaign trail to White House. For Criterion’s inaugural live event, Criterion president Peter Becker will be joined by the legendary Pennebaker; Jill Drew (Robert Drew’s daughter-in-law and Drew Associates’ general manager); journalist Frank Rich; and more to discuss these groundbreaking films, especially relevant in an election year so dominated by the 24-hour news cycle. Admission includes tickets to the discussion, plus rare outtakes; an advance copy of the gift set; drink reception with the speakers; and screenings, including the alternate Richard Leacock cut of Primary (1960); Crisis (1963), documenting the tense standoff between the White House and the segregationist governor of Alabama; and the mournful Faces of November (1964), shot at Kennedy’s funeral.











When: Wed., Apr. 6, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Where: Metrograph
7 Ludlow St.
212-660-0312
Price: $35
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From laserdisc to DVD to Blu-ray and the digital beyond, Criterion has remained committed to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and which feature supplemental materials that shine a light on the art of filmmaking. Metrograph is thrilled to team up with Criterion to give you the chance to peek into their process and meet key players involved in their releases. These series of events, hosted by Criterion staff members, feature onstage Q&As with special guests, clips of rare content, audience gifts, and more.

In the early 1960s, at the same time that John F. Kennedy was changing American politics, reporter-filmmaker Robert Drew and his amazing dream team—which also included Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, and Albert Maysles—were transforming documentary. Criterion’s new set The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates collects the films in which Drew and his collaborators followed Kennedy, from campaign trail to White House. For Criterion’s inaugural live event, Criterion president Peter Becker will be joined by the legendary Pennebaker; Jill Drew (Robert Drew’s daughter-in-law and Drew Associates’ general manager); journalist Frank Rich; and more to discuss these groundbreaking films, especially relevant in an election year so dominated by the 24-hour news cycle. Admission includes tickets to the discussion, plus rare outtakes; an advance copy of the gift set; drink reception with the speakers; and screenings, including the alternate Richard Leacock cut of Primary (1960); Crisis (1963), documenting the tense standoff between the White House and the segregationist governor of Alabama; and the mournful Faces of November (1964), shot at Kennedy’s funeral.

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