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Four Minutes of A Life's Work: A Clip
19 Aug 2009

Four Minutes of A Life's Work: A Clip

by David Licata | posted in: Champion Tree Project, Clips, The Film | 5

In the spring I worked with editor Cabot Philbrick and constructed a 27-minute work-in-progress sample of A Life’s Work. I’m delighted that Cabot is including a portion of that work on his editor’s reel and you can view it online. … Continued

A Life's Work, Cabot Philbrick, Champion Tree Project, Clips, David & Jared Milarch, Editing
Another Adventure
7 Aug 2009

Another Adventure

by David Licata | posted in: Champion Tree Project, The Film | 0

Wolfgang Held and I are on our way to Chicago. We return late Monday evening. I’m nervous and excited and I don’t expect I’ll get much sleep this weekend. I received an e-mail last night from Wolfgang. The last sentence: … Continued

A Life's Work, Champion Tree Project, David & Jared Milarch, documentary, film, Paolo Soleri, SETI, Wolfgang Held
Cloning Redwood Trees?
29 Jul 2009

Cloning Redwood Trees?

by David Licata | posted in: Champion Tree Project, The Film | 0

You bet. That’s what David Milarch of Champion Tree Project has in mind. In November 2007 I went to northern California, video camera in hand, and shot the proceedings. You can read what Jim Robbins of The New York Times … Continued

A Life's Work, Champion Tree Project, David & Jared Milarch
How Do You Find These People? Jared and David Milarch
4 Jul 2009

How Do You Find These People? Jared and David Milarch

by David Licata | posted in: Champion Tree Project, The Film | 0

I was at my gym riding the stationary bicycle and looking through the gym copy of the March 2004 Audubon Magazine. I came across the following sidebar: I stealthily tore it out of the magazine, filed it, and forgot about … Continued

Champion Tree Project, David & Jared Milarch, David Milarch, documentary, Tango Octogenario
Where to begin?
20 Jun 2009

Where to begin?

by David Licata | posted in: Arcosanti, Champion Tree Project, SETI | 0

In the middle. That’s where I am in this documentary. Three out of four subjects interviewed: architect and Arcosanti’s guiding force Paolo Soleri; astrophysicist and Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute, Jill Tarter; father and son tree farmers … Continued

A Life's Work, Champion Tree Project, David & Jared Milarch, documentary, film, Jill Tarter, Paolo Soleri, SETI

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Filmed over 15 years in locations throughout the US, A LIFE'S WORK is a documentary about long-term thinking, a meditation on Deep Time, a film essay about legacy.

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