Directed by Richard Press
English
1 hr 24 mins, rated NR

We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80-something-year-old New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.

OPENING NIGHT – NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS FILM FESTIVAL – NEW YORK

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY – MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY – SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER – BEST STORYTELLING FOR DOCUMENTARIES – NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER – BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY – ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL

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