USA | FILM
FINDING
VIVIAN MAIER
Image: Vivian Maier, New York City, September 10, 1955.
Gelatin silver print, 12” x 12”. Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
AUSTRALIAN CENTRE
FOR THE MOVING IMAGE,
ACMI CINEMAS 1 & 2
Thu 16 Oct at 7pm
Sat 18 Oct at 5.30pm
Thu 23 Oct at 5.30pm
83 mins
$20 / $15
Transaction fees may apply
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY JOHN MALOOF
& CHARLIE SISKEL
When John Maloof bought an
unmarked box of undeveloped
negatives back in 2007, he had
no idea that he had just stumbled
upon one of the 20th century’s
most important troves of street
photography and self-portraiture.
The photographer: Vivian Maier, a
secretive and eccentric nanny who
over the course of her life took tens
of thousands of photos of everyday
Chicago – and showed them to no
one.
Finding Vivian Maier follows
Maloof as he embarks on a quest
to reveal the woman behind
the Rolleiflex camera. Part
retrospective, part detective story,
Finding Vivian Maier is a touching
portrait of a woman haunted by
her past. For a contemporary age
obsessed with self-documentation
via all forms of technology, Vivian
Maier was a pioneer.
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