UW Cinematheque - Casper Kelly Presents!
Salesman | USA | 1969 | DCP | 95 min. Director: David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Event Details
Date
Friday, December 4, 2026
Time
6 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
A landmark American documentary from the team that later made Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter, Salesman marks a highpoint in 1960s cinema verité. Aging door-to-door Bible salesman Paul Brennan is followed through his struggles with sales quotas and the somber desperation and frustrations of constant travel. As a study of business and religion, materialism and spiritualism, few non-fiction movies speak with such sensitivity and subtle beauty.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, November 20, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.