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Special Programs Gimme Shelter GIMME SHELTER Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin USA 91´, COLOR, 35mm, 1970 English speaking "The music that thrilled the world… and the killing that stunned it!" That's how the documentary "Gimme Shelter" was sensationally described when it came out - more than a film about the world of rock, a decree of the end of the dream of peace and love generation (the opposite of "Woodstock - The Movie"). For three weeks, the filmmakers followed a tour of the Rolling Stones, which took place right after the death of one of its founders, guitarist Brian Jones. The tour ends up with the fateful show in Altamont, California, In December 1969, where, after a swelling wave of violence, a black man is murdered by a member of Hell's Angels, who had been hired to provide security for the event, and the murder was performed right in front of the cameras. The film shows scenes of the show interspersed with scenes of violence, the attempts of Mick Jagger to calm the crowd down, close-ups of the crowd (young people dancing, drugged young people, young people being beaten by the Hell's Angels), and a sequence with the Stones watching the material that had been filmed and trying to figure out what happened. The directors, Albert and David Maysles, are responsible for one of the biggest masterworks among modern documentary films, those that demonstrate the bankruptcy of the American dream - like "Salesman" and "Grey Gardens". The presentation of GIMME SHELTER is made possible courtesy of Maysles Films Inc. Promobridge b.v. A Maysles Films Inc. Production Directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin Contact: Films Transit International Inc. c.o. John Nadai 402 Notre Dame East # 100 Montreal Quebec H2Y 1C8 Canada Tel: 1 514 8443358 Fax: 1 514 8447298 E-mail: johnnadai@filmstransit.com Site: www.filmstransit.com APRIL 612:00 pmCINESESC APRIL 710:30 pmCCBB