By Sidney Lumet

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By Sidney Lumet

March 20: Q&A filmmaker Nancy Buirski

2016. 103 m. Nancy Buirski. FilmRise. US. English. Rated NR.

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The American film legend Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) tells his life story in a never-before-seen interview shot in 2008. With grace, humor, and honesty, Lumet shares what it means to be an artist and a human being. Interweaving clips from some of his 44 landmark films, including Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, and Network, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Nancy Buirski (Afternoon of a Faun, The Loving Story) creates a stunning portrait of one of the most accomplished and socially conscious directors in the history of American cinema. By Sydney Lumet is an impressive film about an extraordinary storyteller and the spiritual and ethical lessons at the core of his work.

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Q&A filmmaker Nancy Buirski

Monday, Mar. 20 2017, 7:15

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Nancy Buirski is the Director/Producer of By Sidney Lumet, which had its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and was broadcast on American Masters/PBS in January 2017. Her documentary Afternoon of a Faun had its World Premiere at the 51st New York Film Festival and International Premiere at the 64th Berlinale. It was broadcast in June 2014 by American Masters/PBS and had a record-breaking theatrical release by Kino Lorber in the U.S. She is Director/Producer of the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning The Loving Story which was shortlisted for an Academy Award and is a Producer of Loving directed by Jeff Nichols.

This film is part of the Westchester Jewish Film Festival 2017 series.