The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd

Overview

A fascinating hybrid of performance and video verité, The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd introduces Carel and Ferd, a couple who allowed Ginsberg to produce an ongoing documentary record of the intimate moments of their relationship. Carel, a porn actress, and Ferd, a drug addict, invite the camera to participate in their wedding, their sex life, and their break-up. Produced before the landmark PBS documentary An American Family introduced television audiences to the live-in camera — and many decades before the ubiquity of reality television — this document raises questions about the relationship between subject and camera, privacy and manipulation. Originally presented as an installation, this one-hour version, which includes interviews with Carel, Ferd and Ginsberg, was distilled from thirty hours of footage recorded from 1970 to 1975. - Electronic Arts Intermix

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1975

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

Electronic Arts Intermix,Video Data Bank

Cast

Carel Rowe,Ferd Eggan

Director

Arthur Ginsberg

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2055763