Finding Vivian Maier (12)

Thu 11 Feb | 18:30
£6 / £4.50* per person
(12) Dirs. John Maloof, Charlie Siskel / USA / 2013 / 1h 23m
 

A documentary about a nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs have seen her rank among the 20th century’s greatest photographers.

Vivian Maier’s massive and quite incredible body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side. From there, it would eventually impact the world over and change the life of the man who championed her work and brought it to the public eye, John Maloof.

Maier was an inveterate wanderer and self-taught photographer with an uncanny ability to get close to people from all walks of life. But as Maloof meets people who knew Vivian, new questions arise about her life and work. The families who employed her as a nanny have mixed memories, and hint at her dark side. Would she have even wanted this attention?  

‘Compelling. Haunting. Captivating.’ —Variety 

‘An exciting electric current of discovery runs through Finding Vivian Maier’ —New York Times 

Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network

Doors open 18:00; Film starts 18:30. 
Pop-up cinema bar open from 18:00 for drinks.
*Concessions: under 18s, unwaged & 65+