[ PAST EVENT ] DOC NOW! FEST // Sandy Passage + Grey Gardens
Run Time: 120 min. Rating: PG
What’s better than a Dame Helen Mirren-hosted pseudo-documentary classic as interpreted by some of the funniest comedians and performers out there — including the lovable Fred Armisen & Bill Hader? When they’re paired double-feature style on the big screen with the films that inspired the episodes!
Documentary Now!
SANDY PASSAGE
An in depth look at the daily lives of two aging socialites and their crumbling estate.
Directors: Alexander Buono, Rhys Thomas
Starring: Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Helen Mirren
GREY GARDENS
Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.
Directors: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Starring: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers