900 Hands
2003, VHS, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Umbrella Films
Recommended
Subjects: Art
Date Entered:06/04/04
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Arcimboldo: Nature and Fantasy
2010, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Carroll Moore / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art History, Art, History, Museums
Date Entered:11/18/10
Building on Ground Zero: Lessons from the World Trade Center Collapse
2006, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by WGBH Boston, 125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134; 617-300-2000
Produced by Larry Klein for BBC / WGBH Boston
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Engineering
Date Entered:01/07/09
Chagall: To Russia, Asses and Others
2003, VHS, color and b&, 51 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Sylvie Cazin
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography, Jewish Studies
Date Entered:11/20/07
China, the Empire of Art?
2010, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Olivier Mille
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Asian Studies
Date Entered:03/10/11
City of Dreams
2005, VHS, color, 51 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Ruby Ofori and Edward Scott
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Art History, African Studies
Date Entered:09/09/05
Constant, Avant le Depart
2005, VHS, color, black and white, 81 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography, Death and Dying
Date Entered:07/25/08
Crafted Over Time
2009, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Hand Crafted Productions, 1211 SW 58th, Portland, OR 97221
Produced by Patrick Rosenkranz and Ginny Rosenkranz
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art History, Art
Date Entered:04/27/10
Defying Gravity
2006, DVD, color, 110 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Amie Knox and Jocelyn Childs / A bar K Productions, Inc., for the Denver Art Museum
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Art, Museums
Date Entered:10/26/07
Destination Art: Cape Town
2009, DVD, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media Inc., 3450 Slade Run Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336
Produced by Lynne Marriott
Recommended
Subjects: Art, African Studies
Date Entered:04/27/10
Ginevra’s Story: Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci’s First Known Portrait
2009, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Richard Somerset-Ward
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Museums
Date Entered:04/27/10
Glassy-Eyed: William Utermohlen, Vision from Within Alzheimer’s Disease
2010, DVD, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Arte Editions
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art, Biography, Aging, Death and Dying
Date Entered:03/10/11
Inside the Tate Modern: A Century of Modern Art
2003, DVD, color, 5 parts, 15 min. each
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Twenty Twenty Television
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art Education, Art History, Museums
Date Entered:06/07/05
Karsh: The Searching Eye
2009, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Harry Rasky
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Biography, Art, Photography, Art History, History
Date Entered:06/17/09
L’Esprit Prêt-a-Partager
2009, DVD, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Jamika Ajalon
Recommended
Subjects: Art, African Studies
Date Entered:09/20/10
National Museum of Women in the Arts: A Woman’s Touch
2002, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Marc Doyle, Chesney Blankenstein Doyle / Echo Pictures, Inc.
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Museums, Women's Studies
Date Entered:02/28/06
Notes for those beginning the discipline of architecture – Alternate Ending 1: The Glimmering Noise
2006, DVD, color, 36 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Michael Meredith
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Design
Date Entered:09/29/06
Reline: A Video Artist DVD Compilation
2002, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Phoenix Perry and Scott Pagano
Recommended
Subjects: Art
Date Entered:02/19/04
Reline2
2006, DVD, color and b&, 64 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Scott Pagano and Phoenix Perry
Recommended
Subjects: Art
Date Entered:09/29/06
Santiago Calatrava’s Travels
1999, VHS, color, 77 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Marcel Hoehn / T&C Films, Zurich
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Art
Date Entered:09/01/04
Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy
2005, DVD, color, 62 min.
Distributed by Checkerboard Film Foundation Inc., 1 East 53rd St., Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10022; 212-759-2506
Produced by Edgar B. Howard / Checkerboard Foundation, Inc.
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Architecture, Art, History
Date Entered:06/22/06
Squatting the Palace: An Installation by Kiki Smith in Venice
2006, DVD, color, 45 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Edgar B. Howard / Checkerboard Film Foundation, Inc.
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art, Biography, Museums, Women's Studies
Date Entered:04/27/10
Strong-Cuevas Sculpture
2002, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Lana Jokel
Recommended
Subjects: Art
Date Entered:01/14/08
The Art of Henry Moore
2004, VHS, color, 61 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced in association with the Henry Moore Foundation
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography
Date Entered:09/08/05
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be
2002, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Ulla Simonen, Lasse Saarinen / Kinotar
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Music, Film Studies, Technology
Date Entered:11/12/04
The Library of Congress: Volumes to Speak
2003, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Marc Doyle, Chesney Blankenstein Doyle / Echo Pictures, Inc.
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Libraries, Museums, History, American Studies, Architecture, Art History, Literature
Date Entered:02/28/06
The Lost Magic of the Shanghai Art Studios
2005, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Marie-Claire Quiquemelle and Julien Gaurichon
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Art History, Animation, Film Studies, Asian Studies
Date Entered:12/18/08
The Socialist, the Architect, and the Twisted Tower
2005, DVD, color, 59 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Fredrik Gertten / WG Film
Recommended
Subjects: Architecture
Date Entered:06/22/06
The World of the Doll Artist
2009, DVD, color, 32 min.
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Lee Crowe and Larry Ratner
Recommended
Subjects: Art, Craft
Date Entered:06/17/09
To Be Seen
2005, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Alice Arnold
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Art, Architecture, Urban Studies, Sociology, Communication
Date Entered:08/06/08
Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole
2003, VHS, color, 70 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Bonnie Thompson and Jerry Krepakevich
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Anthropology, Art, Art History, Canadian Studies, History, Museums, Mythology, Native American Studies
Date Entered:03/10/05
William Eggleston Photographer
2008, DVD, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Reiner Holzemer
Recommended
Subjects: Photography, Biography, Art, Art History
Date Entered:06/17/09