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 who was a star of underground films in New York City and a denizen of its underworld in the late 1960s. 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.

Both a loving portrait of a larger-than-life personality and a vivid record of New York’s 1970s bohemian demimonde, this captivating documentary follows chanteuse Tally Brown—cabaret diva, star of underground films, and a staple of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene—as she takes filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim on a tour through the grit and glamour of the city she loved. Capturing Brown’s mesmerizing performances (including her breathtaking bilingual cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes”) as well as her social world among fellow queer cult icons like Holly Woodlawn, Divine, and Taylor Mead, Tally Brown, New York is an essential snapshot of a downtown scene that has passed into legend. -MUSCLE DISTRIBUTION

2K restoration by the Deutsche Kinemathek, courtesy of Muscle Distribution.

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