Medium Cool
March 22, 2019 4:30pm, 7:00pm
Directed by Haskell Wexler | 1969
With Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz
The debut feature from acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler examines the media’s role in social crisis through a groundbreaking mix of cinéma vérité and quasi-scripted narrative. While covering the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a disenchanted news cameraman finds himself caught between political protests and the police’s violent response to them—culminating in a virtuosic sequence that embeds the camera in the middle of a riot.
Run time: 111min
Format: 35mm
General Admission: $15
Members: $7.50 (free for Level 4 and above)
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Location
Peter Jay Sharp Building – BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn NY 11217 USA