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# 50 Years of Urgent, Immersive Documentaries
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/gimme-50-maysles-documentary-center/
- Published: 2020-12-15T20:03:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:36:20.000Z
- Description: The Maysles Documentary Center's online series Gimme 50 surveys work by Madeline Anderson, William Greaves, Chris Marker, and more
- Author: Dan Schindel
- Tags: Film, Albert Maysles, Chris Marker, Documentary, Events, Madeline Anderson, Maysles Documentary Center, William Greaves, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

This December marks the 50th anniversary of the release of *Gimme Shelter*, a classic of direct cinema from the Maysles brothers and Charlotte Zwerin. In the process of following the Rolling Stones on tour, the filmmakers inadvertently captured [the killing of Meredith Hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%5Fof%5FMeredith%5FHunter?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the [Altamont Free Concert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont%5FFree%5FConcert?ref=hyperallergic.com) — widely seen as a herald of the end of the "peace and love" era of the **1960s**.

In the spirit of *Gimme Shelter* and similar films that captured their cultural milieu in the years before and after, the Maysles Documentary Center (founded by Albert Maysles in 2008) is presenting [*Gimme 50*](https://www.maysles.org/gimme-50?ref=hyperallergic.com), a program of direct cinema from the '60s and '70s. Featuring works by Madeline Anderson, [William Greaves](https://hyperallergic.com/william-greaves-website-resources/), Chris Marker, Shirley Clarke, and more, it's a terrific lineup of classic docs.

Individual tickets for each film are $5\. [Full series passes](https://gimme50.eventive.org/passes/buy/gimme%5F50%5Fseries%5Fpass%5Fmdc%5Fmembership?ref=hyperallergic.com) are $50 and also confer membership tothe Maysles Documentary Center.

**When:** December 12-31  
**Where:** Online

*More info at the* [*Maysles Documentary Center website*](https://www.maysles.org/gimme-50?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*