Crandell LIVE! Presents UNCROPPED + Q&A with the Filmmakers

James Hamilton is more than a photojournalist. His career has taken many turns, starting with his iconic Village Voice portraits of New York City’s emergent music, art and club scene in the 1970s and 80s, and his eventual role as a still photographer for Director Wes Anderson, who executive produced this film. A New York legend himself, Hamilton created iconic images of musicians like Charles Mingus, Patti Smith, and Lou Reed; took intimate portraits of everyone from Liza Minnelli to Alfred Hitchcock; pivoted to start a parallel career in set photography for George Romero, Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson; and pursued powerful and controversial assignments across the U.S. and the world. Throughout his career, he has never stopped amassing an extraordinary chronicle of his beloved New York City in all its grit and glory. Hamilton’s story and vast archive offer a singular window into the heyday of alternative print media, as well as an inside look at the deeply collaborative craft of filmmaking. The film features conversations with Wes Anderson, Joe Conason, Alexandra Jacobs, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and many more.

Praised by critics as a rich and absorbing must-see and one of the best documentaries of the year, Uncropped is a visual feast of Hamilton’s indelible images and the many eras and subcultures they represent. 2023. Documentary. NR. 111 min.

A Q&A with Director D.W. Young and locally-based Composer David Ullman, moderated by Filmmaker and Crandell Board Member Mirissa Neff, will directly follow the 7 pm screening.