Cecil Beaton Remembered in New Documentary




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Summary: <p>Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland discusses her new documentary <em>LOVE, CECIL</em>. Cecil Beaton was a photographer, writer and painter who also designed sets and costumes for Oscar-winning films such as My Fair Lady and Gigi. Vreeland shows how Beaton intersected multiple worlds from British royalty to fashion to Hollywood.</p> <p><em>LOVE, CECIL</em> is playing at <a href="https://www.filmlinc.org/films/love-cecil/" target="_blank">Film Society Lincoln Center-Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center</a>. On July 13 it will open in <a href="https://www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/love-cecil.html?d=20180715" target="_blank">Cinema Village</a>. July 14 &amp; 15 it will screen at <a href="https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/movies/love-cecil/" target="_blank">Nitehawk Cinema</a> in Brooklyn. Full release schedule at <a href="https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/lovececil" target="_blank">Zeitgeist Films</a>.</p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by Jenna Flanagan.</em></p>