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Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 19, 2015

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For more than forty years, Ralph Gibson has served as one of the few truly independent forces within the field of photography. His unique graphic style — stark, erotic, chaste, allusive, surreal — is as unmistakable as it is influential. His many-published books have shown generations…

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Robert A.M. Stern: 15 Central Park West and the History of the New York Apartment House

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 19, 2015

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Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series Even during the Great Recession of 2008, one new apartment house in New York City continued to set the bar for real-estate prices: 15 Central Park West. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, the lavish, limestone-clad structure from…

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Tashi and the Monk

from Pilgrim Films PRO on August 19, 2015

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On a remote mountaintop of the Himalayas sits Jhamtse Gatsal (Tibetan for “The Garden of Love and Compassion”), a special school and home for 85 abandoned and neglected children. Founded by former Buddhist monk Lobsang Phunstok, who trained under the Dalai Lama, this unique community…

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Jimmy Carter, Peanuts to the Presidency

from Chuck Braverman PRO on August 18, 2015

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Jimmy Carter, Peanuts to the Presidency, follows Carter’s rise from obscurity to national prominence. In the tradition of “The Making of The President,” this film weaves a unique story of the unknown peanut farmer campaigning to become president. Appearing on a national television game…

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Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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During the four decades of his career, Sol LeWitt produced more than 1200 wall drawings using a deliberately limited repertoire of lines and geometric shapes to create works of remarkable complexity. Born in 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut, LeWitt is considered one of the key pioneers of conceptual…

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Kiki Smith: Squatting The Palace

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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This film takes a circular approach to an artist who works in overlapping spirals of creative energy. Smith works in her home – not in a space specifically designed as a studio but on the 2nd floor of her East Village townhouse. There, amidst her books, a pet bird, and tiny kitchenette, Smith…

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Jean Nouvel: Guthrie Theater

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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Landmarks in 21st Century American Architecture Series French architect Jean Nouvel has long been known in Europe for his bold, shimmering glass museums, concert halls, and high-rise towers. Now the much-acclaimed new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which opened in 2006, is displaying…

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Yoshio Taniguchi: The New Museum of Modern Art

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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Landmarks in 21st Century American Architecture Series Architect Yoshio Taniguchi, revered in his native country of Japan for the design of consummately minimal museums, won the much-coveted commission to expand and renovate the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1997. Opened in 2004, the…

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The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel: In Search of Clarity

from Checkerboard Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents’ home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism. Avoiding the nostalgia of fashionable postmodernism throughout the eighties, Gwathmey…

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Back to Eden Gardening OFFICIAL FILM

from Dana & Sarah Films PRO on August 18, 2015

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BACK TO EDEN is a documentary about Paul Gautschi, an American gardener and arborist who pioneered a no-till vegetable gardening technique that uses wood chips to conserve water, regenerate the soil, and grow nutrient-rich healthy food. BACK TO EDEN shares Paul's lifelong journey, walking with God…

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Banged Up

from Concord Media PRO on August 18, 2015

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Overcrowding in Britain's prisons. Overcrowding in Britain's prisons. We see a typical day at Strangeways prison in Manchester, where lack of both space and staff make it impossible to 'treat and train' offenders. Here men are supposed to be selected for training in other prisons,…

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Nuclear Nightmare

from Concord Media PRO on August 18, 2015

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About the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg in the USA. In March 1979 the nuclear power station at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg in the USA came close to the brink of disaster. A malfunctioning valve in the cooling system caused the reactor to overheat and nearly brought about…

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