The late 1960s and early ’70s were an incredibly fertile time for documentary films. (Not unlike the current moment, actually. When societies become disenchanted, they seem to naturally turn to nonfiction.) It was the era of Woodstock, Salesman, Cocksucker Blues, Titicut Follies, Harlan County, USA, and—above all else—Grey Gardens. The Maysles Brothers’ 1975 documentary about […]