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Finding Vivian Maier

Thursday – Sunday, April 17 – 19 / 7 pm
Wednesday, April 23 / 7 pm
Directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
2013, USA, 83 min

When Vivian Maier died in 2009 at age 83, she left behind more than 100,000 negatives of her street photography — images that she scarcely shared with anyone. She had spent most of her adult life as a nanny with no spouse, no children of her own, and no close ties. Her photographs and belongings were hidden in storage, until the rent came overdue and the facility auctioned them off. They might have vanished into obscurity were it not for the intervention of John Maloof, a 26 year old amateur historian in Chicago, who purchased a box of her unidentified photographs and became obsessed by what he discovered.

Reviews

“It’s mind-boggling to think that an artist could produce such a copious amount of work without anyone ever knowing… her portraits of urban life, including shots from both New York and Chicago, surely rank among any of the greatest photographers… an absolute must see.” — BRANDY DEAN, PRETTY CLEVER FILMS
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