GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announced a special screening of the award-winning documentary "Bill Cunningham New York." 

 

The screening will be followed by talkback with director Richard Press and producer Philip Gefter, interviewed by award-winning documentarian Bobby Houston.

The screening will take place on Wednesday Aug. 14 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available at Triplex Cinema Website.

According to a press release:

 

Cunningham was for more than 50 years a legendary photographic chronicler of fashion trends, often seen on the streets of New York City and at high society charity events. His work appeared in many places, most notably in The New York Times Style section in his columns "On the Street" and "Evening Hours." Appearing in the film and speaking about Cunningham and his work are  noted society figure Brooke Astor, Vogue Editor Anna Wintour, philanthropist David Rockefeller, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., and journalist and novelist Tom Wolfe, among others. 

 

Made to honor Cunningham on his 80th birthday, director Richard Press and producer Philip Gefter spent two years following Cunningham (after eight years spent trying to convince him to make the film) as he went about his work, while also interviewing him in the famed Carnegie Hall studios, where he was one of the last two residents remaining in the building. The film was made without any crew, relying on small handheld cameras so that Cunningham, a famously private person, would not feel intruded upon. Cunningham continued to work up until the time of his death in 2016.

 

Philip Gefter, who recently appeared at the Triplex to speak about his new book "Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," is a longtime writer on the world of photography, including more than fifteen years with the New York Times. His books include "What Becomes a Legend Most," a biography of Richard Avedon, and "Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe."

 

Joining Philip Gefter and Richard Press in conversation is Academy Award-winning documentarian Bobby Houston.

 

Triplex Board President Nicki Wilson said: "we could not be happier to welcome Philip Gefter back to the Triplex after our great "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" event earlier this year. "Bill Cunningham New York" is a wholly original film about a wholly original person, and we know that director Richard Press, Philip and Bobby Houston will have a lively and memorable conversation about this important, moving and memorable film."