In 1979, legendary filmmakers Albert Maysles and his brother David (1932-1987) started documenting The Gates just as Christo and Jeanne-Claude began pursuing their dream of adorning Central Park with saffron-colored cloth-a massive, controversial, and ultimately successful public art project. The long and exciting adventure culminated in 2005 with the installation of 7,503 16-foot-high vinyl poles and fabric panels throughout Central Park. Maysles, this time with Antonio Ferrera and 16 other cinematographers, recorded The Gates as the 16-day work of art was experienced by people from all walks of life, at all times of the day and night, and in all kinds of weather. The artists will join Albert Maysles and Antonio Ferrera in a discussion of this work-in-progress. In 2004, one year earlier, Ferrera and Maysles headed a collaborative team of cinematographers in documenting the almost 200,000 people who gathered in Central Park to listen to the Dalai Lama. Like the film The Gates, this project concentrates on the people who attended the event as much as it focuses on His Holiness himself. You don't have to be a Buddhist to appreciate the Dalai Lama, but by listening to him you may find that you already are one. An HBO documentary film.