First Monday in May
World Premiere

First Monday in May

Gala
| USA | 91 MINUTES | English
Documentary, NY Director(s)
Follow the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “China: Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition, by curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, director Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, and dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as art.

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Andrew Rossi
Andrew Rossi directs and produces documentary films. He directed Page One: Inside the New York Times, and was associate producer on the filmControl Room about Al-Jazeera during the start of the Iraq War and producer/director of the short The Sky Did Not Fall.
Director
Andrew Rossi
Producer
Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Sylvana Ward Durrett, Dawn Ostroff
Cinematographer
Andrew Rossi & Bryan Sarkinen
Cast
Wong Kar Wai, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Baz Luhrmann, Andre Leon Talley, Harold Koda, Thomas Campbell, Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon, Ricardo Tisci, Anna Wintour

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Press Contact
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Magnolia Pictures
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Phone: 212 924 6701
gnicholis@magpictures.com
Print Source
Martin Wendel
Magnolia Pictures
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212 924 6701
mwendel@magpictures.com
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