Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush SummaryCredits 1980 / 46 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In August 1977, the Brooklyn Kings, one of five “Wonder Theaters” in the New York area, closed its doors and became property of the City due to unpaid...
Mies SummaryCredits 1986 / 58 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Narration by Franz Schulze Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Arthur Drexler, James Ingo Freed, Philip Johnson, Bruce Graham, Robert A.M. Stern, Dirk Lohan, Myron Goldsmith, George Danforth, Richard...
Mind Over Matter: 6 Conceptual Artists at the Whitney Museum SummaryCredits 1991 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Ashley Bickerton, Ronald Jones, Nayland Blake, Liz Larner, Tishan Hsu, Annette Lemieux. Exhibition curator Richard Armstrong and critic...
Monk SummaryCredits 1968 / 58 min. / b&w Directed by Michael Blackwood and Christian Blackwood Part one of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following...
Monk in Europe SummaryCredits 1968 / 58 min. / b&wDirected by Michael Blackwood and Christian Blackwood Part two of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. On his European tour his quartet was joined by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods,...
Motherwell / Alberti SummaryCredits 1972 / 15 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Motherwell/Alberti explores the artistic connection between Robert Motherwell’s Open Series and Rafael Alberti’s poetry cycle, A La Pintura. Infatuated with Alberti’s text,...
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy SummaryCredits 1994 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Narrated by the composers Consultant: Dennis Russell Davies Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley American composers have long struggled against the momentum...
Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction SummaryCredits 2010 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Rima Yamazaki Metabolism is the first Japanese architecture movement after the World War II, manifested in 1960 by Noboru Kawazoe,...
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 SummaryCredits 2010 / 51 min. / colorDirected by Hans G Helms With participation of John Cage, Earle Brown, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, Max Neuhaus, Morton Subotnik, Phil Corner, Joe Jones,...
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music SummaryCredits 1997 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Featuring: Tan Dun, Michael Gordon, Phil Kline, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Lois V Vierk, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich. With the participation of the Kronos...
New York Dance: States of Performance SummaryCredits 2010 / 97 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood With the participation of Beth Gill, John Jasperse, Ralph Lemon, Sarah Michelson, Jennifer Monson, Christopher Wheeldon, Ann Liv Young. Curated by Gia Kourlas....
New Yorkers SummaryCredits 1971 / 29 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood, Lana Jokel, Philip Miller, and Roger Murphy Set in and around East 77th Street, New Yorkers follows inhabitants of the neighborhood, documenting their small businesses, daily encounters...
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis SummaryCredits 1986 / 54 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In 1985 Christian Blackwood embarked on a documentary project about his landlords and neighbors at 115 Bank Street in Manhattan, Alwin...
Noémie Lafrance: Noir – Site-Specific Choreography SummaryCredits 2004 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Known for her site-specific and cinematic choreography, Noémie Lafrance continues to push the boundaries of performance with “Noir”. Inspired by...
O. M. Ungers SummaryCredits 1986 / 58 min. / colorDirected by directed by Bodo Kessler Narration by Suzanne Stephens Renowned German architect, O.M Ungers, discusses theory, historical traditions and post-Modernism as we explore his past projects and envision those...
Anthony Caro Claude Picasso Clement Greenburg David Hockney Eduardo Chillida Elaine DeKooning Gerhard Richter Henry Moore Howard Hodgkin Jennifer Bartlett Maia Picasso Rosenblum Matta Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius SummaryCredits 89 min. / 1981 Directed by...
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering SummaryCredits 2011 / 59 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Filmed in the spring of 2011 at the 4th Columbia conference on materials in architecture and engineering. The participants in the conference:...
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany’s Holocaust Memorial SummaryCredits 2005 / 58 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Peter Eisenman Building Germany’s Holocaust Memorial chronicles the architect’s creation of a major public sculpture in the center of...
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move SummaryCredits 1995 / 58 min. / color Directed by directed by Michael Blackwood Narrated by the architect With the participation of Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and others. With the participation of famed...
Philip Guston: A Life Lived SummaryCredits 1981 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Philip Guston is a powerful staple of the abstract expressionist movement, though he would prefer it be referred to as the New York School. Along with composers,...
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering SummaryCredits 2010 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Filmed in September/October 2009 at the third Columbia Conference on architecture, engineering and materials. With the participation...
