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Summary

Albert and David Maysles' classic GREY GARDENS immortalized the estate of Edith and Little Edie Beale, relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, who lived in alarmingly poor conditions. But there is more to the story: it was Lee Radziwill and Peter Beard who first brought the Maysles to the Beales, when the two set out to make a film about Radziwill's childhood. The reels of that first contact were shelved for 45 years. This documentary recovers the lost footage. Anchored in Beard's recollections and artistic vision, we are returned to "that summer" in 1972, a seductive dream world and collage of radically unconventional creative personalities—Warhol, Bacon, Jagger, Capote—practicing the art of living amidst oppressive forces of class expectation and prejudice.

Details

Release Date: September 1, 2017

Runtime: 80 minutes

Genres: Documentary

Rating: 6.0/10 (13 votes)


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Cast

  • Edith Bouvier Beale

    Edith Bouvier Beale

    Self (archive footage)

  • Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

    Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

    Self (archive footage)