Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin’s direct-cinema classic Gimme Shelter, chronicling the infamous free Rolling Stones show at Altamont Speedway in December of 1969, is both an electrifying concert documentary and a real-time autopsy of an era-ending tragedy. We’re alternating it with A Well Spent Life, Les Blank’s loving portrait of blues guitarist Mance Lipscomb, for a full day of music on film.
Gimme Shelter All Day
Held on Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
- This film accompanies Open Door Fridays.
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