475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
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11:00am - 5:00pm
"The coolest film organization in the world." —John Waters
Est. 1961.
Beale Street is where W.C. Handy wrote the blues, where Boss Crump abused his power, and where Martin Luther King marched days before his death in 1968. In the making of this oral history, the filmmakers went to the Beale Streeters who knew and loved it best, including B.B. King, the Hooks Brothers, Bobby Blue Bland, Prince Gabe, Maurice "Fess" Hulbert" and Rufus Thomas. Also included is rare footage of Martin Luther King's last march on Beale Street.
ALSO INCLUDED: - Original Scholars' Version, 105 minutes (1978)
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (a.k.a. New American Cinema Group) is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Established in 1961 by a group of 22 path-breaking moving image artists (including Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, and Stan Brakhage), the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes, and DVDs in its collection.
475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm