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EDUARDO MONTES-BRADLEY
DOCUMENTING ART, AND CULTURAL MEMORY
HERITAGE FILM PROJECT · DOCUMENTARY FILM FUND
New York - Valencia
PAUL CHALEFF: Thinking in Clay
Made Possible with the Support of
Sheila PAREKH and Christopher BLUM, Carrie CHEN
and Stanley COHEN, Rufus COLLINS and people like you.
Produced by Soledad LIENDO
Directed by Eduardo MONTES-BRADLEY
WORK IN PROGRESS
PAUL CHALEFF
Thinking in Clay
The documentary explores Paul Chaleff's connection with clay and the creation of monumental ceramic sculpture. Montes-Bradley examines the ideas behind the work, Chaleff's influences, techniques, and accumulated experience behind a lifetime devoted to ceramics, while capturing the physical process through which raw material is transformed into finished work. The film also explores Chaleff’s collaboration with British sculptor Anthony Caro and considers his place within contemporary American art. Chaleff’s work is represented in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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WORK IN PROGRESS
At the turn of the twentieth century, a group of artists from Valencia transformed how Americans experienced, and imagined Spain. Rafael Guastavino introduced the centuries-old Catalan vault of brick and tile. Joaquín Sorolla brought the brilliance of Mediterranean light. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez captivated readers with novels that, once adapted for the screen, launched the Hollywood careers of Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo.
Their intersecting journeys reveal a singular dialogue between architecture, painting and literature, and uncover a larger story of cultural exchange between Valencia and New York. Together, Guastavino, Sorolla and Blasco Ibáñez show how Valencians helped shape American cultural life, and an image of Spain that still resonates today.
NEW RELEASE: LIFE AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF
GEORGE F. BRISTOW
Explore the life, music, and cultural world of George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898), one of America's most significant composers of the 19th century. A prolific composer of symphonies, operas, choral works, and chamber music, Bristow participated in a formative period when musicians were struggling to establish a distinctive culture identity in a country still heavily dependent on European traditions. The film examines nineteenth-century New York, the development of American orchestral life, and the larger debate over what music could and should become in the United States.
Life and Music in the Age of George Frederick Bristow
Made Possible with the Support of
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation,
Documentary Film Fund and People Like You
IN DEVELOPMENT
THE LOST REPUBLIC
A documentary on the Cuban Republic (1902–1959), the vibrant and contradictory nation that flourished between independence and revolution — and the memory of a world that vanished. An exploration of Music, Fine Arts and Literature in the Republican period. Produced with the support of the University of Miami's Cuban Heritage Collection and FIU's Casa Cuba, with Carolina Calzada serving as Executive Director.
Development is Made Possible with the Support of
Casa America, Florida International University
and the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami
Executive Producer Carolina CALZADA Produced by
Soledad LIENDO and Heritage Film Project with the
Support of the Documentary Film Fund
NOW SCREENING
THE PICCIRILLI FACTOR
A documentary on the Piccirilli family of sculptors and stone carvers, whose New York studio helped shape some of America’s most recognizable monuments and public spaces. From the seated Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial and the lions New York Public Library to Rockefeller Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Piccirilli Factor explores the extraordinary contribution of a family of Italian immigrant whose craftsmanship became inseparable from American sculpture and architecture. Screening a selected museums and cultural centers.
The Piccirilli Factor Was Made Possible with the Support of
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
The Columbus Citizens Foundation
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
