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Here Comes Pablo Tabernero
Born in Berlin in 1910, Weinschenk came of age in a Europe already marked by instability. Trained in photography and immersed in the avant-garde circles of the Weimar Republic, his early work reflects a moment when cinema, art, and politics were deeply intertwined. That trajectory was abruptly interrupted in 1933, when new racial laws forced him out of academic life and into exile.
Jul 4, 20221 min read
Daniel Chester French
STOCKBRIDGE — “Finally!” That was Donna Hassler’s exclamation as the first film about sculptor Daniel Chester French of Lincoln Memorial...
Jul 4, 20221 min read
With Concord in Mind
Those are perhaps my favorite four words together when presented in that order. Destination in mind is Chesterwood, home studio of Daniel...
Jul 4, 20221 min read
Last Days in Kamenetz
A memory triggered by The Testament (2017), a film about the Holocaust.
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Martha’s Vineyard '22
The Other Madisons has been included in the Official Selection at the upcoming Martha Vineyards African-American Film Festival. August...
May 28, 20221 min read
Charles Baudelaire
On Thursday last, during the panel presentation after the screening of “Daniel Chester French”, I read an excerpt from Baudelaire’s...
May 28, 20221 min read
Over The Lincoln Memorial
It was a very special day. As we were flying back from Florida to work on a last revision of “Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor”...
May 22, 20221 min read
Read All About It
”Chesterwood is where he’s alive. If you want to find answers to French, you have to go to Chesterwood. It’s a little bit like a temple,...
May 21, 20221 min read
Upcoming Premiere
Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor is a new documentary film set to premiere on May 26, 2022 at 7:00 pm Mahaiwe Performing Arts...
May 15, 20222 min read
National Sculpture Society
The National Sculpture Society distributed formal invitations to the annual Conference 2022 to be held in the Berkshire Hills of...
Apr 22, 20221 min read
New Titles to Libraries
Charlottesville, Va - Alexander Street Press and Heritage Film Project signed an agreement for the distribution of seven titles by...
Apr 13, 20221 min read
BITS & BYTES
Chesterwood will mark the centennial anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial with the premiere of a documentary about its creator, sculptor...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
On the Road
Concord, Mass - On location and with hardly any time to update my notes on the production of “Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor”....
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Mourning Victory
It is a fact that were all the dwellers there simultaneously to respond to the resurrection-call, Thoreau would be within easy conversing…
Feb 27, 20222 min read
The Angel of Death
Daniel was not in attendance at the unveiling of The Minuteman. Shortly before the memorable day in which Ralph Waldo Emerson and the...
Feb 26, 20223 min read
For Immediate Release
Stockbridge, MA – Chesterwood, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announces a new documentary film that explores the...
Feb 23, 20225 min read
Alice Goes West
Alice: At Home With Alice Parker has been nominated to the Oficial Selection at the upcoming Bare Bones Music & Documentary Festival....
Feb 23, 20221 min read
The Butt–Millet Memorial
Washington was built to be admire and visit as one would a permanent exhibit. It doesn’t have at first glance, the cluster of accumulated...
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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