| Tally Brown, New York | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Produced by | Rosa von Praunheim Joachim von Mengershausen |
| Starring | Tally Brown Holly Woodlawn Divine Taylor Mead Edward Caton |
| Cinematography | Edvard Lieber Michael Oblowitz Rosa von Praunheim Juliana Wang Lloyd Williams |
| Edited by | Mike Shephard Rosa von Praunheim, Rosa von Praunheim |
| Music by | Tally Brown Holly Woodlawn |
Release date | 4 May 1979 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | U.S |
| Language | English |
Tally Brown, New York is a 1979 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is about the singing and acting career of Tally Brown, a classically trained opera and blues singer. She was a star of New York underground films and a denizen of its underworld in the late 1960. In this documentary, Praunheim relies on extensive interviews with Brown, as she recounts her collaboration with Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and others, as well as her friendships with Holly Woodlawn, and Divine. Brown opens the film with a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" and concludes with Rock 'n' Roll Suicide. The film captures not only Tally Brown’s career but also a particular New York milieu in the 1970s.
In the same year of its release, the documentary won the Film Award in Silver at the German Film Awards for Outstanding Non-Feature Film. [1]
The documentary is also noteworthy for being the first of Von Praunheim's many portraits of women, usually aging legendary performers who have become cult figures among gays.
