LEGACY AWARD to Zeitgeist Films co-founders, Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman
MONK IN PIECES
SAT, 12/6, 3:30pm, 95 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA
Director Billy Shebar and Producer Susan Margolin in attendance for Q&A
Directors: Billy Shebar, David Roberts
Producer: Susan Margolin
Editor: Sabine Krayenbühl
Cinematographer: Jeff Hutchens, Ben Stechschulte
Meredith Monk – composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist – is one of the great artistic pioneers of our time, yet her profound cultural influence is largely unrecognized. With Monk’s music at its center, and featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, among others, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic that mirrors the structure of Monk’s own work, and illuminates her wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery.
Billy Shebar is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker known for High Noon on the Waterfront with Edward Norton and John Turturro and Dark Matter with Meryl Streep. David Roberts, a former diplomat and academic physicist, is now a filmmaker and writer based in New York. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal.
New York-based Zeitgeist Films was founded in 1988 by Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman. Since then, the company has acquired and distributed more than 200 acclaimed films. Zeitgeist’s releases have been recognized at major international festivals, with five earning AcademyAward nominations and one—Nowhere in Africa—winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. In 2008, the Museum of Modern Art celebrated the company’s 20th anniversary with a month-long retrospective. Hamptons Doc Fest honors the commitment, passion and vision of its two founders with the Legacy Award.