Remembering The Maysles: November marks the centenary of Albert Maysles, who along with his brother David Maysles are two of the most celebrated American documentarians, vanguards in the late 50s and 70s direct cinema movement, which prized observational cinema, capturing life as it unfolded before their camera.
“A stunning film, a sensational piece of filmmaking, a landmark.” – The Hollywood Reporter
The landmark documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles
outside of San Francisco.
Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, the Stones headlined a free concert featuring Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others. Concerned about security, members of outlaw biker gang The Hell's Angels were asked to help maintain order. Instead, an atmosphere of fear and dread arose, leading ultimately to the stabbing death of a fan. What began as a flower-power love-in had degenerated into a near riot; frightened, confused faces wondering how the Love Generation could, in one swift, cold-blooded slash, became a generation of disillusionment and disappointment.
December 6, 1969: the day the Sixties died.
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