59m •
1975
A fascinating hybrid of performance and video verité, The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd introduces Carel and Ferd, a couple who allowed Ginsberg to produce an ongoing documentary record of the intimate moments of their relationship. Carel, a porn actress, and Ferd, a drug addict, invite the camera to participate in their wedding, their sex life, and their break-up. Produced before the landmark PBS documentary An American Family introduced television audiences to the live-in camera — and many decades before the ubiquity of reality television — this document raises questions about the relationship between subject and camera, privacy and manipulation. Originally presented as an installation, this one-hour version, which includes interviews with Carel, Ferd and Ginsberg, was distilled from thirty hours of footage recorded from 1970 to 1975. - Electronic Arts Intermix
Video Data Bank •
Electronic Arts Intermix •
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
1989•
0
2002•
5.9
1994•
7.1
1978•
7.3
2018•
6.7
2007•
5.4
1970•
7.1
2008•
6.5
2012•
8.0
2013•
0
2022•
5.9
1994•
6.8
2000•
7.0
1990•
8.5
1895•
6.7
2005•
7.2
1984•
7.5
1997•
7.6
2024•
0
