The Windmill Movie (2008)

Filmmaker Richard P Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life He died in 2001 leaving the project unfinished until his widow acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas commissioned his former student Alexander Olch to make a film out of the pieces Starting in the Hamptons in the town of Wainscott the film weaves Rogers footage into a journey through childhood memories a less than encouraging mother a family background of privilege and Rogers persistent dogged attempts to document his own life Rogers friend actor and writer Wallace Shawn joins in the process as the film investigates the differences between documentary and fiction and tells the tragic story of Rogers life