Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Three-part program produced in 2006; originally broadcast on PBS in 2007. |
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Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
Contents |
Episode 1. Memory / director, Nigel Noble -- Episode 2. Landscape / director, Daniel Seeger -- Episode 3. Community / director, Hilary Birmingham. |
Credits |
Directors of photography, Don Lenzer, Peter Pilafian, Allan Palmer ; editors, Yaffa Lerea, Leonard Feinstein, Lillian E. Benson ; music by Laura Karpmann ; narrator, Randy Oglesby. |
Performer |
Memory: Sam Maloof (wood worker), Mary Jackson (basket weaver), Pat Courtney Gold (basket weaver), Garry Knox Bennett (furniture maker), Tom Joyce (blacksmith). |
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Landscape: Jan Yager (artist), David Gurney (ceramist), Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Oregon), Kit Carson (jeweler, sculptor), Mira Nakashima (furniture designer), Richard Notkin (artist). |
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Community: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads (Port Gibson, Mississippi), Penland School of Crafts, Sarah Jaeger (potter), Pilchuk Glass School, Denise Wallace (jeweler), Sam Wallace (lapidary), Dona Look (artist), Ken Loeber (artist). |
Summary |
"Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions; stereo., NTSC. |
Language |
Closed captioned. |
Subject |
Handicraft -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Handicraft -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Artists -- United States.
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Artisans -- United States.
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Decoration and ornament -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Decoration and ornament -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Sauvion, Carol.
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Thompson, Kyra. Screenwriter.
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Noble, Nigel. Director.
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Seeger, Dan. Director.
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Birmingham, Hilary. Director.
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Oglesby, Randy. Narrator.
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Craft in America, Inc.
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Independent Television Service.
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KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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PBS Home Video.
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Note |
Subtitle on disc label: Journey to the origins, artists and techniques of American craft |
ISBN |
0793693365 |
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9780793693368 |
Standard No. |
841887008372 |
Music No. |
CRIA601 PBS Home Video |
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