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A Doc for Daniel Chester French
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia was organized in 1935. The founders were scholars and elected officials who shared a wish to m
Dec 21, 20211 min read


Preserving Historic Places
Meet Brent Leggs; he probably has the best job in the world. He’s the current Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the African...
Dec 16, 20212 min read


Borges & Loewenstein
When I moved to Charlottesville in 2010, my only contact was Jared Loewenstein, funder and curator of The Jorge Luis Borges Collection...
Dec 12, 20211 min read


On Location in Richmond, Va
It was a good day in Richmond with David Dearinger. He did most of the talking about male and female figures in the sculptured work of...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
The Tennessee Chocolate Drops
Martin, Bogan and Armstrong and the revival of String Band Music in America Just a footnote on Black Fiddlers, a last minute tribute to...
Dec 2, 20212 min read


The Other Madisons Release
Kanopy Streaming announced the immediate release of The Other Madisons, the hidden story of the Black descendants of James Madison,...
Nov 26, 20211 min read


On Location at St. Bartholomew's
If you ever walked down Park Avenue, north of Grand Central Station, in the early hours of the afternoon, you probably saw the reflection...
Nov 23, 20211 min read


John Sullivan: A Conversation
Charlottesville - In about then days from today I will be sitting with John Jeramiah Sullivan in his home in Wilmington, NC. The purpose...
Nov 14, 20211 min read
The Grolier Club
It was a last-minute invitation from Eve Kahn to visit one of her favorite libraries in New York, or so it seemed giving the enthusiasm...
Nov 14, 20211 min read


On Location at the MET
A two-day filming escapade to New York On a recent two-day shoot in NYC with had an opportunity to meet Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek...
Nov 13, 20211 min read


Rhiannon Giddens
It was meant to be a special day out by the house of legendary fiddler Joe Thomson, the last in a long series of interviews for Black...
Nov 3, 20212 min read


French meets Caruso
As part of the experience of making a documentary film on Daniel Chester French, came a request to produce an orientation film for...
Oct 30, 20211 min read


Marshall Wyatt: A Conversation
“Wyatt is one of a handful of American music historians and record collectors, who, through their own devotion and- in some cases-...
Oct 27, 20211 min read


Grand Jury Prize for Alice!
No Class A festival comes even close to the feeling of being in community, surrounded by young filmmakers trying to break into a rewards...
Oct 26, 20212 min read


Life According to Ludwig
I'm delighted to be working with Executive Producer Johannah Lyons Castleman on Life According to Ludwig, a documentary film about Ludwig...
Oct 21, 20211 min read


French goes to Florence
Following on Daniel Chester French’s trip to Europe through his correspondence. Some letters are more interesting than others. The...
Oct 12, 20217 min read


New York, 1911
This documentary, part of MoMA's extraordinary collection, was made by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern as part of a series...
Oct 7, 20211 min read


Giddens and Robinson
Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson will be in front of camera for Black Fiddlers. The plans were made almost a year ago. However, COVID, R
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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