The 1976 cinema vérité classic Grey Gardens captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale. The filmmakers returned to their vaults of footage to create part two, The Beales of Grey Gardens, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary's legions of fans, who made them American counterculture icons.
The 1976 cinema vérité classic Grey Gardens captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale. The filmmakers returned to their vaults of footage to create part two, The Beales of Grey Gardens, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary's legions of fans, who made them American counterculture icons.
