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First-time director Josh Taylor profiles the family behind Bergdorf Goodman -- the family that just happens to be his own. A grandson of the late Andrew Goodman, Taylor uses candid interviews with his aunts, uncle, mother, and grandmother -- Dita, the enigmatic Goodman family matriarch -- to explore a legacy that straddles the line between reality and mythology.
Sixty years of home movies trace the origins and evolution of the family's business while capturing the essence of the characters who made it one of the world's most famous department stores. Dita's recollections paint a vivid portrait of the jetsetting life she and husband Andrew led, while her children share their own perspectives on growing up Goodman.
Ultimately, Taylor compiles an impressive and colorful work for posterity but is left to grapple with the fact that the glamour and status that once defined his family are now merely memories of faded significance.
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