Collections/January 2023

Art-House America: Maysles Documentary Center

Founded in 2005 by pioneering nonfiction filmmaker Albert Maysles, the Harlem-based Maysles Documentary Center has fostered an incredible sense of community through its diverse, thought-provoking, and often challenging programming; classes that teach the fundamentals of documentary storytelling to a new generation of filmmakers; and annual events like the Black Panther Film Festival and Congo in Harlem celebration that honor the neighborhood’s Black roots. The MDC’s commitment to showcasing experimental and politically engaged documentary filmmaking is on display in the selection of films they have curated, which include Cinda Firestone’s revolutionary exposé of the prison-industrial complex Attica, Leo Hurwitz’s galvanizing antifascist landmark Strange Victory , and Kirsten Johnson’s profoundly moving and personal essay-travelogue Cameraperson .

12 films — 5 on the Channel, 7 unavailable