LitFilm 2024: How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer Screening & Talkback
Documentary, dir. by Jeff Zimbalist
U.S., 2023, 102 min
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer explores the rollercoaster life of America’s most controversial and bestselling author of the 20th Century, Norman Mailer. Propelled by his tremendous ego and contrarian spirit, Mailer’s ceaseless visibility in the public eye lasted 6 decades, during which he had 6 tumultuous marriages, 9 beloved children, 11 bestsellers, 3 arrests, and 2 Pulitzer Prizes. Prophet, hedonist, violent criminal, literary outlaw, and social provocateur, Mailer’s ideas about love, anger, fear, and courage cut to the core of human nature, are more relevant than ever today, and point to a prescription for waking ourselves up, shaking free of society’s expectations, and coming alive as a people.
This film will be followed by a conversation with director Jeff Zimbalist & John Buffalo Mailer.
PARTICIPANTS
Jeff Zimbalist is a multi-Emmy and Peabody winning filmmaker most known for IDA and Tribeca Film Festival winner Favela Rising (HBO), Emmy winner and Cannes Film Festival favorite The Two Escobars (ESPN, Disney), Emmy and Tribeca Film Festival winner Momentum Generation (HBO, Universal), Pelé; Birth of a Legend (Magnolia, Universal), the Emmy winning series Remastered (Netflix), Emmy nominated The Line (Apple), Emmy nominated 11 Minutes (Paramount+), Super League; War For Football (Apple), Sundance and Tribeca festival favorite Invisible Beauty (Magnolia), and most recently, Sundance hit Skywalkers: A Love Story.
John Buffalo Mailer is an award winning producer, screenwriter, actor, and author, having had a hand in making over 25 movies to date. He is currently developing a scripted dramatic series of his father’s life with director James Gray and producers Rudy Langlais, Jennifer Gelfer, and Martin Tuchman.
All screenings are free but require reservations. Times subject to change. For the full LitFilm roster, go here.
LitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers is made possible with support from BPL’s Fund for the Humanities. BPL Presents programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Documentary, dir. by Jeff Zimbalist
U.S., 2023, 102 min
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer explores the rollercoaster life of America’s most controversial and bestselling author of the 20th Century, Norman Mailer. Propelled by his tremendous ego and contrarian spirit, Mailer’s ceaseless visibility in the public eye lasted 6 decades, during which he had 6 tumultuous marriages, 9 beloved children, 11 bestsellers, 3 arrests, and 2 Pulitzer Prizes. Prophet, hedonist, violent criminal, literary outlaw, and social provocateur, Mailer’s ideas about love, anger, fear, and courage cut to the core of human nature, are more relevant than ever today, and point to a prescription for waking ourselves up, shaking free of society’s expectations, and coming alive as a people.
This film will be followed by a conversation with director Jeff Zimbalist & John Buffalo Mailer.
PARTICIPANTS
Jeff Zimbalist is a multi-Emmy and Peabody winning filmmaker most known for IDA and Tribeca Film Festival winner Favela Rising (HBO), Emmy winner and Cannes Film Festival favorite The Two Escobars (ESPN, Disney), Emmy and Tribeca Film Festival winner Momentum Generation (HBO, Universal), Pelé; Birth of a Legend (Magnolia, Universal), the Emmy winning series Remastered (Netflix), Emmy nominated The Line (Apple), Emmy nominated 11 Minutes (Paramount+), Super League; War For Football (Apple), Sundance and Tribeca festival favorite Invisible Beauty (Magnolia), and most recently, Sundance hit Skywalkers: A Love Story.
John Buffalo Mailer is an award winning producer, screenwriter, actor, and author, having had a hand in making over 25 movies to date. He is currently developing a scripted dramatic series of his father’s life with director James Gray and producers Rudy Langlais, Jennifer Gelfer, and Martin Tuchman.
All screenings are free but require reservations. Times subject to change. For the full LitFilm roster, go here.
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