Now Playing in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room: DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY

Now Playing in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room: DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY

Jim McBride’s DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY (1967), which streams this month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room, is widely regarded as one of the first “mockumentaries,” and was once described by eminent film critic Richard Brody as an “ingenious, scruffy metafiction… an exotic fruit grown in New York from the seed of the French New Wave.” Filmed on a shoestring budget over the course of several days, it is a work of experimental fiction presented as an autobiographical documentary about aspiring filmmaker David Holzman (played by L.M. Kit Carson), who decides to make a filmed diary of his life on the Upper West Side.

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Now Playing in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room: Allan King's WARRENDALE

Now Playing in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room: Allan King's WARRENDALE

Allan King made his feature film directorial debut with the 1967 documentary WARRENDALE, which screens this month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room. In WARRENDALE, King visits a home for young people living with mental illness located in the suburbs of Toronto. As described by Criterion: “Situated inside the facility like a fly on the wall, we witness the full spectrum of emotions displayed by twelve fascinating children and the caregivers trying to nurture and guide them.” 

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