Film Forum to Screen CARMEN & GEOFFREY, 6/6

On Monday, June 6 at 7:00 PM, Film Forum will present a special screening of Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob's 2005 documentary Carmen & Geoffrey, with the filmmakers and dancer Carmen De Lavallade in person.

Married for nearly 60 years - from 1955 until his death in 2014 - Carmen De Lavallade (from L.A.) and Geoffrey Holder (from Trinidad) met in the company of the Truman Capote/Harold Arlen musical House of Flowers - and wed a month later. Dancers, actors and choreographers - both together and individually - Carmen was star soloist for the Lester Horton, John Butler and Alvin Ailey companies, as well as the Met Opera's prima ballerina, and, at 85, still twirls with infinite grace; while 6-foot-six Geoffrey was also a celebrated director and set designer, musician, choreographer, costume designer, and painter, who won two TONY AWARDS in 1975 for his direction and costume design of the original Broadway production of The Wiz.

Film Forum is located at 209 West Houston St. Tickets are $14.00 ($8.00 for members).
http://filmforum.org/film/carmen-geoffrey-film