Potsdam: Germany’s City of Ghosts SummaryCredits 1979 / 52 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Filmed in 1979, Potsdam: Germany’s City of Ghosts documents the compelling past and present of the East German city. Once residence to the Prussian Kings and later on...
Ralph Erskine SummaryCredits 1986 / 58 min. / color Directed by directed by Mead Hunt Narrated by the architect Ralph Erskine approaches his work with care, delicacy and a love that radiates through his designs. Both passionate and thoughtful, Erskine’s architecture...
Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America SummaryCredits 1995 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America features a collection of passionate, determined artists who have taken creation, performance and visual...
Retracing Steps: American Dance Since Postmodernism SummaryCredits 1988 / 89 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Stephen Petronio, Molissa Fenley, Diane Martel, Wendy Perron, Blondell Cummings, Jim Self, Johanna Boyce, and Bill T. Jones and Arne Zane. Curated by...
Richard Meier SummaryCredits 1986 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Narration by Suzanne Stephens Abstract architect and artist, Richard Meier, guides us on a detailed retrospective of his famed white buildings. Throughout his career, during which he...
Richard Meier in Rome: Building a Church in the City of Churches SummaryCredits 2005 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the...
Robert Morris: Retrospective SummaryCredits 1994 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Featuring: Robert Morris, Rosalind Krauss This retrospective exhibition gives brilliant insight into the artist’s work of the last 4 decades. Credit for this highly...
Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971 SummaryCredits 1972 / 45 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Robert Motherwell is communicative with his art, approaching the canvas with an open mind prepared for discussion. As we join him in his Connecticut studio, Motherwell...
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective SummaryCredits 1979 / 45 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Watching Robert Rauschenberg interact with his own work, from its early stages to a finished product, is to understand how much of himself he places into his art....
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown SummaryCredits 1987 / 57 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Featuring: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott-Brown, Martin Pawley, Alvin Boyarsky, Philip Finkelpearl, Colin Amery, Gavin Stamp, Jules Lubbock, Sir John Sainsbury,...
Roger Corman: Hollywood’s Wild Angel SummaryCredits 1978 / 57 min. / color Directed by Christian Blackwood Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Peter Fonda, David Carradine, Paul Bartel, Allen Arkush, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich Known as “The B-Movie King”,...
Roy Lichtenstein SummaryCredits 1975 / 53 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood In the beginning stages of Roy Lichtenstein’s career, the artist found himself saddled with side jobs that utilized his creative energy. In the gaps of time between his personal...
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance SummaryCredits 2001 / 35 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Sally Gross: A Life in Dance is an intimate reflection on the choreographer’s eclectic career and her explorations into movement, philosophy and visual expression. After...
Sam Francis SummaryCredits 1975 / 52 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Driven by his dreams, the subconscious and the complexities of color, Sam Francis began his career from a hospital bed in 1945. While recovering from the injuries he sustained during his...
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera SummaryCredits 1981 / 20 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood “White Dog” was a much discussed and controversial film directed by Sam Fuller in 1981, based on a novel by Romain Gary. Its theme is American racism. The central...
Scenes Seen with Allen Jones SummaryCredits 1970 / 30 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood and Christian Blackwood Scenes Seen with Allen Jones explores the motive of the artist’s famed graphic works, paintings and sculptures. The erotic overtones of Jones’s work...
Signed: Lino Brocka SummaryCredits 1987 / 83 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In 1970, Filipino film director and political activist Lino Brocka won an award for best screenplay at the Manila Film Festival, for the very first film he ever directed –...
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades SummaryCredits 2001 / 58 min. / color Directed by Michael Blackwood Featuring: Sol Lewitt, Gary Garrels Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades presents an opportunity to accompany one of the great artists of our time on a tour of his work, from his formative...
Image courtesy of Columbia University GSAPP and the participants of the conference. Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering SummaryCredits 2009 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Filmed in October 2008 at the second international...
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language SummaryCredits 1999 / 51 min. / colorDirected by Michael Blackwood Featuring: Brice Marden, Gerhard Richter, Günter Umberg, Gunther Förg, Helmut Federle, Jonathan Lasker, Philip Taaffe, Richard Serra, Robert Mangold and...
Spoleto 1967 SummaryCredits 1967 / 58 min. / b&wDirected by Michael Blackwood Filmed during a visit to the Spoleto Festival in Umbria on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Spoleto 1967 documents the vibrant celebration of culture. Featuring such productions as,...
