Salesman

Director: Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, David Maysles Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1969 Starring: Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Melbourne I. Feltman, Paul Brennan, Raymond Martos Producers: Albert Maysles, David Maysles This landmark documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working tirelessly to sell gold-embossed bibles . Times are tough for this hard-living quartet, who spend their days traveling through small-town America, trying their best to peddle gold-leaf Bibles to an apathetic crowd of lower-middle-class housewives and elderly couples. One of the most important and illuminating documentaries of the mid-20th-century, Salesman showed the world a realism it had never seen and a pair of brothers who would change the documentary landscape forever. Picks from the Video Store Check out our Maysles Brothers directors’ section for more multi-faceted and entertaining non-fiction! Grey Gradens, Iris, Gimme Shelter Accessibility Options: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.