Carole Marner

Carole Marner (1937-2021) was a filmmaker who worked in collaboration with her husband, Eugene Marner. Their first film, Phyllis and Terry (1965), a documentary portrait of two young African American girls from the Lower East Side, is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Carole Marner was also a screenwriter, television producer, and one of the founders and co-artistic directors of the Franklin Stage Company, a theater with free admission. Carole and Gene collaborated on numerous documentaries, primarily for public television, including the six-part series Listening at the Luncheonette (1995), in which Americans from all walks of life gather in diners, cafeterias, and cafés to discuss identity and the challenges of building a community.