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Documentary DVDs - Weaving, 1000 Journals
- Item Number
- 149
- Estimated Value
- 55 USD
- Sold
- 30 USD to Live Event Bidder
Item Description
This set of two documentary DVDs explores the creative process from two very different perspectives.
Weaving Worlds: How the West Was Spun is a 57 minute documentary by Native American filmmaker Bennie Klain. Through untold stories of the intricate creation and often political sales of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds discloses the intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art. Audiences will discover the delicate balance between cultural continuity, increased globalization, and artistic motivation of this traditional form.
1000 Journals is an 88 minute film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a San Francisco based artist. Some people found a journal, or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the web and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Some passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting tens of thousands of people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them. In September 2003, one of the 1000, number 526, returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999? This film tells their stories. 1000 Journals shares the experience of their worldwide journeys, and chronicles the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who have added to this global 'message in a bottle.'
Item Special Note
The Weaving Worlds DVD features the Simonson and Herder families who many of you have met at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. 102 year old Grandma Alice, daughters Lorraine Herder and Edith Simonson have provided Navajo handspinning demos at our Market. Through this documentary you will get a glimpse of their everyday life and see some of the beautiful Navajo Churro sheep they raise.
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