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Quotes: Who Is Heroic?
19 Apr 2013

Quotes: Who Is Heroic?

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 4

“The preservers of history are as heroic as its makers.” Pat Morris Neff, former president of Baylor University and two-term governor of Texas. I first heard this quote when we interviewed Robert Darden in Chicago. Here’s how Robert used it. … Continued

Baylor University, Eric Ames, Pat Morris Neff, Quotes, Robert Darden
Documentary Dilemmas: The Neverending Stories
23 Oct 2012

Documentary Dilemmas: The Neverending Stories

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

Before I shot a second of A Life’s Work, I grappled with the documentary dilemma. How do you end a film that doesn’t have an ending? (How do the Maysles end Grey Gardens? They show us a looming change of season.) I … Continued

Baylor University, Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, documentary dilemmas, Eric Ames, Grey Gardens, Michael Apted, Robert Darden, Tony Tadey, Up

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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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