100 mins |
Rated
R (for nudity/graphic nudity throughout, some sexual material, language and drug content.)
Directed by Marlo McKenzie, Jonathan Parker
Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city's most popular entertainers after making her debut as America's first topless dancer. The new documentary feature Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a white baby grand piano and turning a North Beach nightclub into the city's second-most-popular tourist attraction after the Golden Gate Bridge.
Meanwhile, Doda's very public use of silicone to enhance her breasts launched a new industry. Directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker share an unprecedented look at Doda's life and legacy, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the vibrant, sometimes outrageous and always entertaining world of North Beach.
Q&A following the 5:00 pm screening on Thursday, April 25th with Jonathan Parker and Marlo McKenzie.
Jonathan Parker is a writer, director, producer, and composer based in San Rafael, California. Parker’s first feature film, BARTLEBY (2001), which he also scored, was the opening night selection at the New Directors/New Films Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
Parker’s film (UNTITLED) (2009), starring Adam Goldberg and Marley Shelton, won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Cinema Choice Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival as well as Best American Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
His other films have played at film festivals including the Seattle International Film Festival, Vancouver, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro, Houston and Mill Valley.
Marlo McKenzie is a writer, Director and Producer and was one of the Cinematographers for CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR. She was an associate producer for the Earth Island Institutes STANDING ON SACRED GROUND (2013).
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Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city's most popular entertainers after making her debut as America's first topless dancer. The new documentary feature Carol Doda Topless at the Condor tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law by gyrating atop a white baby grand piano and turning a North Beach nightclub into the city's second-most-popular tourist attraction after the Golden Gate Bridge.
Meanwhile, Doda's very public use of silicone to enhance her breasts launched a new industry. Directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker share an unprecedented look at Doda's life and legacy, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the vibrant, sometimes outrageous and always entertaining world of North Beach.
Q&A following the 5:00 pm screening on Thursday, April 25th with Jonathan Parker and Marlo McKenzie.
Jonathan Parker is a writer, director, producer, and composer based in San Rafael, California. Parker’s first feature film, BARTLEBY (2001), which he also scored, was the opening night selection at the New Directors/New Films Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
Parker’s film (UNTITLED) (2009), starring Adam Goldberg and Marley Shelton, won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Cinema Choice Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival as well as Best American Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
His other films have played at film festivals including the Seattle International Film Festival, Vancouver, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro, Houston and Mill Valley.
Marlo McKenzie is a writer, Director and Producer and was one of the Cinematographers for CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR. She was an associate producer for the Earth Island Institutes STANDING ON SACRED GROUND (2013).