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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (2017)

The camera is magic

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 16M

Director : Errol Morris

Synopsis

Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.

Actors

Elsa Dorfman
Elsa Dorfman
Self
Errol Morris
Errol Morris
Self
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Self (archival footage)
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Self (archival footage)
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin
Self (archival footage)
Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Dworkin
Self (archival footage)
Andrew Wylie
Andrew Wylie
Self (archival footage)
Victor Bockris
Victor Bockris
Self (archival footage)
Gail Mazur
Gail Mazur
Self (archival footage)
Harvey Silverglate
Harvey Silverglate
Self (archival footage)
Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders
Self (archival footage)
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
Self (archival footage)
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
Self (archival footage)
Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky
Self (archival footage)
Jack Elliott
Jack Elliott
Self (archival footage)

Crews

Errol Morris
Errol Morris
Director
Steven Hathaway
Steven Hathaway
Producer
Paul Leonard-Morgan
Paul Leonard-Morgan
Music
Nathan Swingle
Nathan Swingle
Cinematography
Robert Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Executive Producer
Julia Sheehan
Julia Sheehan
Executive Producer
Angela Minuty
Angela Minuty
Line Producer
Molly Rokosz
Molly Rokosz
Associate Producer
Jesse Wann
Jesse Wann
Co-Producer
Steven Hathaway
Steven Hathaway
Editor
Eugenia Magann Haynes
Eugenia Magann Haynes
Art Direction
Joel Dougherty
Joel Dougherty
Supervising Sound Editor
Nick Pavey
Nick Pavey
Sound Effects Editor
Cameron Steenhagen
Cameron Steenhagen
Dialogue Editor
Sean P. Carroll
Sean P. Carroll
Visual Effects

Trailers and other movies

NYFF Soft Focus: Errol Morris
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

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