The Sixth Year (2013)
The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field. The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and gossip it abstracts and extrapolates into a fictional narrative.
Directors: Dustin Guy Defa, Loretta Fahrenholz, Nick Mauss, Rick Alverson, Ken Okiishi, Alex Ross Perry.
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Kentucker Audley as Matt (first segment) |
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Anna Bak-Kvapil as Alexis (third segment) |
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Dustin Guy Defa as Sy (first segment) |
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Keith Poulson as Chris (fifth segment) |
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Bob Hennessey as All of Episode 4 |
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Bob Hennessey as Episode 4 Narrator |
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Hannah Gross as Gabby (fifth segment) |
| Production | Julia Solomonoff | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Dustin Guy Defa | Director |
| Directing | Loretta Fahrenholz | Director |
| Directing | Nick Mauss | Director |
| Directing | Rick Alverson | Director |
| Directing | Ken Okiishi | Director |
| Directing | Alex Ross Perry | Director |
| Editing | Esmé von Hoffman | Editor |