Albert Maysles
In the days leading up to the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, volunteers have been busy rolling out the red carpet. Literally. Workers replaced the much-damaged carpet leading to and inside the historic Malco Theater, the home base of the documentary film institute, earlier this week.
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It’s fitting that the festival, now in its 17th year, would get a makeover. More filmmakers than ever will attend this year’s eight-day festival, including legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (“Salesman,” “Grey Gardens,” “Gimme Shelter”). Some 100 docs will screen, and more than 20,000 viewers are expected to attend the country’s first documentary festival in the country.