August SummerDocs Selections Announced: ‘Last Days of Vietnam’ and ‘The Overnighters’

The final two selections for the 6th Annual SummerDocs series have been announced: Rory Kennedy‘s Last Days in Vietnam and The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss. Each screening will be followed by the respective filmmakers in conversation with series presenter Alec Baldwin. “Rory Kennedy and Jesse Moss are both filmmakers whose work we’ve had the privilege of screening […]

Next at SummerDocs: Keep on Keepin’ On

Now that the 2014 SummerDocs season is off to terrific start*,  let’s keep the ball rolling with our second screening, set for Friday, July 25, at Guild Hall of East Hampton. The award-winning Keep On Keepin’ On will amaze, entertain and inspire you, followed by SummerDocs host Alec Baldwin in conversation with Australian director Al Hicks. Baldwin explains, “Al Hicks’ Keep On Keepin’ […]

Video: ‘Life Itself’ Q&A with Chaz Ebert, Alec Baldwin & Others

This past Saturday, the 2014 HIFF SummerDocs season kicked off with the poignant, charming and altogether lovely film called Life Itself. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Life Itself chronicles the life and times of the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, who passed away in April of 2013. Amazingly, Ebert’s decade-plus bout with cancer […]

Slideshow: HIFF SummerDocs Kicks off With ‘Life Itself’

Photos from the HIFF 2014 SummerDocs screening of Life Itself at Guild Hall of East Hampton on June 21, 2014.

2014 SummerDocs: Life Itself & Keep On Keepin’ On

Hosted by Alec Baldwin, HIFF’s SummerDocs series brings the best in documentary filmmaking to the East End, all summer long. Tickets for the 6th Annual SummerDocs series are on sale now!  The first two titles of the summer have been announced. Life Itself, from director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), launches the series at Guild Hall in East Hampton on […]