EDUARDO MONTES-BRADLEY
by Heritage Film Project
Black Fiddlers will be featured as the main presentation at a special screening in Richmond this March, The event will take place at the historic Byrd Theater as part of a university-sponsored cultural program.
Watch the final version of The Art of Joy Brown on site and prepare yourself to enter the world of an extraordinary American ceramist and sculptor.
ON THE ROAD
NEW YORK to LONDON
Filming in New York has now wrapped for the remainder of ’25. We’ve added remarkable footage to our film on George Bristow — including insightful conversations with Kyle Gann, Neely Brice, John Graziano, and Joseph Horowitz. Their contributions have opened new and inspiring paths as we continue to explore Bristow’s life and legacy.
On December 8, second unit director William Montes-Liendo will travel to London and Paris to capture images to complete the edit of Sonata Mulattica's development trailer, a film made in collaboration with Rita Dove.
Sonata Mulattica explores the fleeting intersection between two prodigious spirits at the turn of the 19th century: Ludwig van Beethoven and George Bridgetower.
We are delighted to announce that our documentary films on American arts and culture are now represented worldwide by C&CO (Paris, France), under Gérard Nguyen and Catherine Chevassu, thereby expanding the international reach of our work.
arte France presents a mini-documentary on The Piccirilli Factor, with comments by John Belardo, Thayer Tolles, and director Eduardo Montes-Bradley.
Life and Music in the Times of George Frederick Bristow is a journey through the 1800s, a film made possible with the support of the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, and friends of the Documentary Film Fund
New York: Nov. 24 - At home with John Graziano, distinguished American music scholar and the founder of Music in Gotham, an NEH-supported research initiative documenting New York City’s musical life from 1862–1875. He is Professor Emeritus of Music at the Graduate Center and City College of CUNY, and has served as series editor for A-R Editions’ Recent Researches in American Music.
New York: Nov. 25 - In conversation with Joseph Horowitz, the cultural historian reflected on the idea that Frederic Church, in crafting a uniquely American visual identity, had no true musical counterpart. While painters forged a national aesthetic, American composers were still struggling to break free of European models — a vital insight as I continue research for my Bristow film.
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IN DEVELOPMENT
George Bristow
Exploring the legacy of a 19th-century composer who helped shape America’s classical voice.
Sonata Mulattica
Inspired by and made in collaboration with Rita Dove.
Tiffany in the Wild
Tracing works by Louis Comfort Tiffany in Cuba and Mexico.
Light & The City On previously unknown facts of the History of Photography in America.
