The Contest for “The Blueprint” by Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin is over!
We have a winner! Congrats to Steph, who correctly answered with Mahalia Jackson and Frank Lloyd Wright. I hope you enjoy the book, Steph. Thanks to the fine folks at Gotham Books, I‘m offering offered a paperback copy of The … Continued
Cloning Redwoods Redux
In your Sunday New York Times, an article on Archangel Ancient Tree Archive’s efforts. On your monitor, a segment from the documentary, A Life’s Work (in post-production), featuring David Milarch of AATA (then known as Champion Tree Project). And while … Continued
A Report from SXSW
Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, subject of A Life’s Work, was recently on a panel at SXSW. Below … Continued
Soleri and Coppola
Quoting from Francis Ford Coppola in an earlier post reminded me of something: I visited Arcosanti three times for A Life’s Work, and each time Coppola was mentioned. It seems he was doing research for a script he wrote, Megalopolis, … Continued
That One’s Mine: A Clip
Someone else shoots and someone else edits. So what exactly do I do on A Life’s Work besides sit opposite these amazing people and ask them a bunch of questions? I make a lot of decisions. Who, what, where, when? … Continued
Look Up!
What is it that makes us look up? We look up at trees, at buildings, to the sky to see clouds, stars, planets. If we are inside and we’ve been asked a question, many of us look to where the … Continued
We Are Happy to Serve You
Sometimes, no, often, writers of biographies and filmmakers dealing in nonfiction films begin to relate to their subjects in ways they never imagined they would. Here’s the SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter answering a couple of questions. What are the challenges … Continued
BGMRP @ SXSW
Attention Williamsburg hipsters! Are you going to SXSW? Do you want to know the origin of all of your guitar riffs? Well then on Saturday, March 19, 2:00pm go to the panel called Searching for Blind Willie Johnson. You’ll get … Continued