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26 film(s) found

	Art of Darkness The slaves of the Caribbean contributed not only to the wealth of their masters, but also to the cultural heritage of the British Empire. As this film shows, the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, and the British Museum were all funded by money made from the slave trade. more »
	The Artist Was A Woman The slaves of the Caribbean contributed not only to the wealth of their masters, but also to the cultural heritage of the British Empire. As this film shows, the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, and the British Museum were all funded by money made from the slave trade. more »
	Artists of the Bahamas: A Tribute to African Roots Sidney Poitier, a native of the Bahamas, introduces us to the rich artistic talent flourishing on these islands. His own creativity was nurtured there. The ten artists profiled display a range of styles from the formally trained Brent Malone to the brilliantly simple Amos Ferguson, often referred to as “the grandfather of Bahamian art.” more »
	Ballad of Greenwich Village The artists, rebels, and bohemians who came to New York's Greenwich Village over many decades changed the face of American culture through their art and politics. This film portrays the important political and social movements that began in the Village: the first interracial jazz club, the earliest Socialist newspapers from before World War I, the Stonewall Rebellion which sparked the Gay Liberation movement and many others. more »
	Carmen Lomas Garza: Looking Back Carmen Lomas Garza is a Chicana artist who creates images about the lives of Mexican Americans based on her memories and experiences growing up in South Texas. In this charming film, Carmen returns to Texas to revisit the people and places that inspired her work. more »
	Chagall This remarkable film retraces the life and work of the beloved artist Marc Chagall. Much of the narrative is told in his own words, including unique film footage of him interviewed as he paints. Among his contemporaries interviewed are Apollinaire, Bonnard, Matisse, Picasso, and Malraux. more »
	Charlie Chaplin: A Profile This biography of the "Little Tramp" traces his life from his impoverished childhood in London, his meteoric rise to fame, his bitter exile in Switzerland, and to the belated tributes in Hollywood in the seventies. Clips from his films are intercut with the commentary of authors and critics. more »
	Chinese Contemporary Art Comes to America. This companion film to Contemporary Chinese Art: Artists working in China focuses on the ground-breaking Chinese art being exhibited in the US that has excited Western curators and collectors alike more »
	Chinese Contemporary Art There has been an astounding flowering of innovative, energetic and challenging contemporary art in China. The film travels to artists studios, galleries and museums where this art is evolving and displayed, and the artists explain their techniques and philosophies. Art experts bring historical context to the new movement. Accompanying film: Chinese Contemporary Art Comes to America more »
	The Colours of My Father This dazzling Academy Award nominee tells the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, who left the shtetl to escape the virulent anti-Semitism there and became a recognized painter in the New World. The film captures his artwork by using innovative animation techniques. more »
	Dreamers The artwork of unschooled Haitian artists, painting with riotous color and beguiling fantasy, is gaining appreciation in the outside world. more »
	The Emperor's Eye: Art and Power in Imperial China This spectacular film brings to light the priceless treasures of China's imperial art collection, relating them to the political climate of their time. It also describes how the collection survived both war and revolution in the 1930-40's. more »
	Imaginary Enemy The Chinese sculptor and painter Liao Yibai recounts his remarkable life. His childhood is depicted in his imaginative and ironic stainless-steel sculptures, reflecting the complex cultural relationship between China and the U.S. more »
	Inner Visions This documentary gives us a rare opportunity to meet young artists and intellectuals in Beijing and hear how they steer a course between survival and artistic expression. more »
	Karsh: The Searching Eye Yousef Karsh, renowned portrait photographer, became internationally famous when he photographed Winston Churchill in December,1941. For over six decades, Karsh photographed famous, powerful and influential people. In this definitive biography, produced over 20 years ago but never released after it's broadcast on CBC, Karsh speaks of his work ethic and philosophy. more »
	The Lost Magic of the Shanghai Art Studios At the end of the 1950’s, the Shanghai Art Studios were among the most important in the world. The came the Cultural Revolution and the director was imprisoned. more »
	Mr. Wong’s World Mr. Wong is a wealthy business man who returned to China from Canada. He has made it his mission to rescue historic buildings of old Shanghai that would otherwise fall prey to the wrecking ball during an unprecedented building boom. more »
	Robbing the Cradle of Civilization This documentary takes us into the Baghdad Museum to see the shards and broken glass which remained from seven days of pillage.It documents the illegal international trade in antiquities. Part detective story, part historical thriller, part archaeological tragedy, the documentary is a grim reminder of the spoils of war. more »
	Rumblings of The Earth: Wifredo Lam, His Work and Words This richly illustrated film uses the paintings and writings of the Afro-Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam along with interviews with authorities on art and Caribbean culture to trace the evolution of a unique and truly multicultural twentieth century artist. more »
	Strong-Cuevas Sculpture Strong-Cuevas sculpts powerful, larger than life pieces that can hold sway on a hilltop, and conjure up tribal pieces from Africa or Oceania. In this film, we follow her from her studio in Amagansett, Long Island to the foundry up the Hudson where her pieces take their final shape in its glowing furnace. more »
	A Thief Among the Angels This entertaining film tells the story of Barry Moser, one of America's greatest book artists. He is also a book designer, illustrator, publisher and wood engraver and has just completed a limited edition Bible. He believes "the problems of good and evil are still to be fought today". more »
	Tibor Jankay: The Art of Survival This charming film documents the life of a 94-year-old Hungarian born artist who used his artistic skills to survive the Holocaust. more »
	Turning to Dust: Preserving Our Books There's a quiet calamity going on in libraries and archives all around the world. Books and documents are crumbling because the paper on which they are printed is turning to dust. This documentary shows us preservation centers where conservationists treat endangered books. more »
	The Vanishing Rembrandts At the beginning of the century there were 1,000 paintings by Rembrandt in existence. Now there are less than 300. They disappeared not through thefts, fires or acts of God. Their numbers have shrunk because of the controversial process of attribution that began in the 1960's when the Dutch government began the Rembrandt Research Project. more »
	The Venetian Dilemma With stunning imagery, The Venetian Dilemma portrays the fragile urban ecology of Venice besieged by 14 million tourists who far outnumber the local residents. By tracking four Venetians who are trying to make a life in this unique historic place, the themes of urban gentrification and tourist impact are raised--a problem not only for Venice but for many other urban areas. more »
	Yellow Ox Mountain This is a documentary that portrays the artistic endeavors and the personal journeys of two artists, Zhang Hongtu (b. 1943) and Zhang Jian-Jun (b. 1955), who are part of the Chinese contemporary art community of New York. more »