Iris

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Iris is a documentary by the late director Albert Maysles, who passed away on March 5. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival last October and won the Best Documentary Feature audience choice award at the Hamptons International Film Festival later that month.

The latest film from legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER), IRIS pairs the late 88-year-old filmmaker (who passed away on March 5) with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a singular woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people are life’s sustenance and reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment. Despite the abundance of glamour in her current life, she continues to embrace the values and work ethic established during a middle-class Queens upbringing during the Great Depression. “I feel lucky to be working. If you’re lucky enough to do something you love, everything else follows.”

As an American documentary pioneer, Maysles was awarded a 2013 National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama on July 28, 2014.