Premiering on Tuesday, December 16, is "WONDERS ARE MANY: The Making OfDoctor Atomic," in which veteran filmmaker Jon Else goes behind the curtainto follow the collaborative process of composer John Adams and directorPeter Sellars as they work to forge the tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer intoa music drama like no other: the strange and beautiful Doctor Atomic. AsSellars and Adams struggle to create high art from the most savage weaponin history, the film explores the spectacular and unnerving 60-year historyof nuclear weapons.

Captured in the landmark 1975 Maysles' Brothers film "Grey Gardens," theindomitable Edith Beale and her daughter, Edie, aunt and cousin toJacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, were revealed to have a most unique andengaging mother-daughter relationship, built upon powerful interdependence,quirky eccentricity, courage, devotion and love. Living in squalor in arundown Hamptons mansion, their indomitable spirit soon catapulted them tocult icon status. Three decades later, the Beales received the ultimatetribute: being portrayed on Broadway. Combining a backstage look at thecreative process, lavish clips from the original film, and insightfulinterviews with the Broadway show's creators and cast, Albert Maysles, anda host of Beale authorities, devotees and cultural commentators, "GREYGARDENS: From East Hampton To Broadway," premiering on Tuesday, December23, reminds us of the power of the Beales' story to arouse a multitude ofemotions even decades later. "GREY GARDENS: From East Hampton To Broadway"is a film by East of Doheny and Albert Maysles.

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