Sat June 13, 2026
McSweeney’s presents: Documentary Now! – Grey Gardens + Sandy Passage
at The Roxie
(5:30pm)
Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Living together in a decaying East Hampton mansion, the two create a world all their own--at once intimate, eccentric, and unexpectedly resilient. Directed by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Grey Gardens became a cult classic and cemented Little Edie as both fashion icon and philosopher queen.
Followed by Documentary Now! episode "Sandy Passage" (21 min), a pitch-perfect homage that reimagines the Beales' world with uncanny precision, equal parts loving tribute and brilliantly absurd send-up.
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Presented in partnership with McSweeney's to celebrate their Documentary Now! companion book -- https://roxie.com/series/documentary-now/ -- an expansive, behind-the-scenes dive into the series and the documentary traditions it lovingly spoofs.
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Followed by Documentary Now! episode "Sandy Passage" (21 min), a pitch-perfect homage that reimagines the Beales' world with uncanny precision, equal parts loving tribute and brilliantly absurd send-up.
~~~
Presented in partnership with McSweeney's to celebrate their Documentary Now! companion book -- https://roxie.com/series/documentary-now/ -- an expansive, behind-the-scenes dive into the series and the documentary traditions it lovingly spoofs.
Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Living together in a decaying East Hampton mansion, the two create a world all their own--at once intimate, eccentric, and unexpectedly resilient. Directed by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, Grey Gardens became a cult classic and cemented Little Edie as both fashion icon and philosopher queen.
Followed by Documentary Now! episode "Sandy Passage" (21 min), a pitch-perfect homage that reimagines the Beales' world with uncanny precision, equal parts loving tribute and brilliantly absurd send-up.
~~~
Presented in partnership with McSweeney's to celebrate their Documentary Now! companion book -- https://roxie.com/series/documentary-now/ -- an expansive, behind-the-scenes dive into the series and the documentary traditions it lovingly spoofs.
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Followed by Documentary Now! episode "Sandy Passage" (21 min), a pitch-perfect homage that reimagines the Beales' world with uncanny precision, equal parts loving tribute and brilliantly absurd send-up.
~~~
Presented in partnership with McSweeney's to celebrate their Documentary Now! companion book -- https://roxie.com/series/documentary-now/ -- an expansive, behind-the-scenes dive into the series and the documentary traditions it lovingly spoofs.
show less
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