Candid, revealing, insightful conversations with filmmakers who revolutionized the documentary in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Employing generous clips, THE ART OF OBSERVING LIFE features intimate talks with Robert Drew (Primary), Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker (The War Room, Monterey Pop, Don’t Look Back,), Allan King (A Married Couple, Warrendale), Richard Leacock (Primary, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment), Albert Maysles (Salesman, Grey Gardens), Jonas Mekas (Walden, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania), Lionel Rogosin (On The Bowery), and others.
