Created by Artistic Director David Nugent and HIFF Co-chair Alec Baldwin, HamptonsFilm’s acclaimed SummerDocs series returns this summer for its 17th season with a stellar lineup, in partnership with Guild Hall.
Screenings in the Hamptons are followed by engaging conversations with acclaimed filmmakers and guests.
Tickets are on sale now for the following screenings:
Directed by Mariska Hargitay
Thursday, July 17, 7:00PM
Guild Hall in East Hampton
Mariska Hargitay was three years old when her mother, Jayne Mansfield, tragically died in a car accident at the age of 34. The film follows Mariska as she seeks to know, understand, and embrace her mother for the first time. Through intimate interviews and a collection of never-before-seen photos and home movies, she grapples with her mother’s public and private legacy and discovers the layers and depth of who Jayne was, not only to her audience but to those who were closest to her. An HBO Documentary Films release.
Hargitay explains, “This movie is a labor of love and longing. It’s a search for the mother I never knew, an integration of a part of myself I’d never owned, and a reclaiming of my mother’s story and my own truth. I’ve always believed there is strength in vulnerability, and the process of making this film has confirmed that belief like never before.”
Following the screening, director Mariska Hargitay will join HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent in conversation.
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Directed by Amanda McBaine + Jesse Moss
Friday, August, 29, 7:00PM
Guild Hall in East Hampton
1991. Upstate New York. A group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, embark on a student film project and uncover a vast conspiracy that is poisoning the ground beneath their feet. Banding together to confront the indifferent adults, corrupt politicians and a violent criminal organization threatening their small town, they produce an investigative documentary that causes shockwaves in their community. MIDDLETOWN is a coming-of-age story based on exclusive access to hundreds of hours of candid, humorous and nostalgic video outtakes, and the cooperation of Fred Isseks and his intrepid students as they reckon—thirty years later—with a defining event in their lives and a remarkable story of civic courage.
Following the screening, directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss and film subject Jeff Dutemple will join HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent in conversation.
Thank you to Mary Jane and Charles Brock and Pat Swinney Kaufman and Lloyd Kaufman for their support.
Many films screened at SummerDocs have achieved global awards success, including SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY, NAVALNY, THE ETERNAL MEMORY, FIRE OF LOVE, SUMMER OF SOUL, SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, THE COVE, ICARUS and many more!
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>> Check out the archive of SummerDocs screenings since 2009.
