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Another Way of Living: The Story of Reston, VA  cover image

Another Way of Living: The Story of Reston, VA

2015, DVD, color, 69 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Storycatcher Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, Social Sciences
Date Entered:08/17/17


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Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio

2010, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Carnivalesque Films, 203.417.3136 or 347.282.6132
Produced by Sam Wainwright Douglas, Sarah Ann Mockbee, and Jack Sanders

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, Social Sciences
Date Entered:08/18/10


Dreaming of a Treehouse: Frei Otto’s Ecological Housing Project in Berlin cover image

Dreaming of a Treehouse: Frei Otto’s Ecological Housing Project in Berlin

2011, DVD, color, 85 min., German with English subtitles
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Gerald Lindner and Beate Lendt

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture
Date Entered:03/27/13


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Etruscan Odyssey: Expanding Archaeology

2011, DVD, color, 18 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Rachel Lyon and Christine Intagliata

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Archaeology, History
Date Entered:09/08/11


Great Artists One with Tim Marlow cover image

Great Artists One with Tim Marlow

2011, DVD, color, 322 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art Education, Art History
Date Entered:12/21/11


Growing Cities: A Film about Urban Farming in America    cover image

Growing Cities: A Film about Urban Farming in America

2013, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 2305 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 101, Portland OR 97214; 503-232-5345
Produced by Dan Susman, Andrew Monbouquette, and Dana Altman

Recommended

Subjects: Urban Agriculture, Urban and Regional Planning
Date Entered:05/13/15


Karsh is History: Yousuf Karsh and Portrait Photography cover image

Karsh is History: Yousuf Karsh and Portrait Photography

2009, DVD, color, 51 min.
Distributed by CineFete, 1586 Fleury St. East, Suite 210, Montreal, Canada H2C 156; 800-858-2183
Produced by Ian McLaren

Recommended

Subjects: Photography, Pop Culture, History
Date Entered:04/07/11


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Loreto: The Mystery of the Holy House

2010, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Luca Trovellesi Cesana

Recommended

Subjects: History, Religious Studies
Date Entered:11/12/10


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Lost Kingdoms of Africa

2010, DVD, color, 216 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, History, Anthropology, Architecture
Date Entered:07/13/12


Mr. Wong’s World: Preserving the Architectural Heritage of Shanghai cover image

Mr. Wong’s World: Preserving the Architectural Heritage of Shanghai

2007, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Christian Schidlowski

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture
Date Entered:04/11/08


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Puppet

2011, DVD, color, 74 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Jared Ian Goldman, Hannah Rosenzweig, David Soll

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Theater, Drama, Art
Date Entered:09/08/11


Richard Artschwager: Shut Up and Look cover image

Richard Artschwager: Shut Up and Look

2013, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Morning Slayter and Maryte Kavaliauskas

Recommended

Subjects: Art
Date Entered:12/17/13


Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau    cover image

Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau

2008, DVD , color, 3 episodes, 50 min. each
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by BBC

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Architecture, History
Date Entered:07/31/14


Talking Textiles: Cultivation, Production, and Global Impact cover image

Talking Textiles: Cultivation, Production, and Global Impact

2010, DVD, color, 60 min., (3 segments, 20 minutes each)
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Thomasina Gibson

Recommended

Subjects: Fashion Design, Economics, Environmental Studies, Social Sciences
Date Entered:04/07/11


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The Cardboard Bernini

2013, DVD, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by Floating Stone Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Architecture, History
Date Entered:07/11/13


The Human Scale: Bringing Cities to Life    cover image

The Human Scale: Bringing Cities to Life

2012, DVD, color, 77 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Signe Byrge Sorensen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sustainable Living, Architecture, City Planning, Sociology
Date Entered:05/13/15


The Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America and Bermuda cover image

The Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America and Bermuda

2009, DVD, color, 153 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Lucinda Spurling

Recommended

Subjects: History, Political Science, International Studies
Date Entered:11/12/10


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The Lost Temple of Java

2008, DVD, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, History, Anthropology, Asian Studies
Date Entered:07/13/12


The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat    cover image

The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat

2012, DVD, color, 46 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Marauder Work, LLC

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Architecture
Date Entered:07/31/14


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The Rothko Chapel

2011, DVD, color, 68 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by Francois de Menil, Etteilla Enterprises, The Rothko Chapel Foundation

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Art, Architecture, Religion
Date Entered:01/11/13


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The Search

2009, DVD , color, 105 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Himalaya Audio & Visual Culture Communication

Recommended

Subjects: History, Culture, Sociology
Date Entered:07/31/14


Tikotin: A Life Devoted to Japanese Art cover image

Tikotin: A Life Devoted to Japanese Art

2013, DVD , color, 76 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Erica Reijmerink, Gijs van de Westelaken

Recommended

Subjects: World War II, Art, Japan
Date Entered:01/06/16


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Tracing Constantinople

2012, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by InformAction

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: History, Architecture
Date Entered:01/11/13


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Unlikely Treasures

2010, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by CineFete, 1586 Fleury St. East, Suite 210, Montreal, Canada H2C 156; 800-858-2183
Produced by InformAction

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Social Sciences
Date Entered:04/07/11