Art, Architecture and Design Filmography
updated (4/99)

Abstraction [videorecording] / written, directed and produced by Judith Wechsler. Northbrook, Illinois : Coronet Film & Video, 1985. The painter's world ; 5. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Concentrates on the conventions, innovations and institutions affecting the practice of painting. VHS 1230

Against the odds [videorecording] : the artists of the Harlem Renaissance / production of New Jersey Network. Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1995. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. Documentary, based on the Newark Museum exhibit of the same name, tells of the struggle of Black visual artists in the 1920s and 1930s to show and sell their work. It describes the influence of the Harmon Foundation in creating an artistic home where Black visual artists flourished and developed a wide range of talent. Features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by black artists and also archival footage of these artists at work. VHS 4984

The age of anxiety [videorecording] / written & presented by Robert Hughes ; a Planet 24 production in association with BBC Television ; a Time Inc.-BBC co-production ; produced in association with Thirteen/WNET. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, [1997] American visions series; 8. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. This final segment explores how American art has reflected the upheavals of the last 25 years. Hughes traces the evolution of abstract art and minimalism and considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium. He ends the series by profiling a wide range of contemporary artists including Edward Kienholz, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Walter De Maria, Robert Smithson, Bruce Nauman, Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Susan Rothenberg, Eric Fischl, Louise Bourgeois and James Turrell. VHS 4578

Alice Neel, painter [videorecording] / Lucille Rhodes, Margaret Murphy. New York : Rhodes Productions, 1989, [orig. 1978. 1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Painter Alice Neel discusses her life and art. VHS 1363

All about looking [videorecording]. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, c1996. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. At the International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria, students from all the world come to take classes in many types of media. Film covers a three-week period at the academy in a figure drawing class led by instructor Jim Dine. Dine interacts with his students and also offers his personal views on art and life. VHS 4123

America by design [videorecording] / produced and directed by Werner Schumann ; written by Spiro Kostof, Werner Schumann. Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video 1987. 5 videocassettes (ca. 60 min. ea.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in + Viewing guide 4p. ; 44 cm.). The series attempts to explain the way architecture and design give shape to the environment as well as the way people and events influence architecture and design. VHS 1162-1166

America by design. Public places and monuments [videorecording] / Guggenheim Productions, inc./WTTW Chicago ; producer and director, Werner Schumann ; screenwriters, Spiro Kostof, Werner Schumann. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 1987, c1986. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Visits the sites that are our common ground including parks, monuments, civic centers, libraries, and numerous other spaces and structures that bear witness to those values we hold as a people. Architecture historian Spiro Kostof examines urban renewal efforts, restorations, re-creations, and preservations, and considers the current trend in monuments toward the abstract and symbolic. VHS 1165

America's pop collector, Robert C. Scull [videorecording] : contemporary art at auction. New York : Museum of Modern Art, c1974 [re-issued 1986?]. 2 videocassettes (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. + program notes (1 sheet ; 28 cm) in container. This documentary was filmed at a gathering of artists and collectors at the Parke-Bernet Galleries to view the post-1945 art, including paintings, sculpture, furniture and other objects, collected by Robert and Ethel Scull. It shows the Gallery's preparation for an auction of the Scull Collection and scenes from the auction, which garnered nearly 2 1/4 million dollars for pop art that had been generally scorned, by the art world before the 1970s. VIC 506

American art from the National Gallery of Art [videorecording]. Washington, D.C. : Department of Education Resources, Education Division, National Gallery of Art ; Santa Monica, Calif. : The Voyager Company, c1993. 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in. + 1 guide (16 p. ; 30 x 30 cm.). Shows over 2,600 works by American artists spanning three centuries. A full-motion, narrated introduction precedes the still-frame images. VDD 55

American visions [videorecording] / written & presented by Robert Hughes ; a Planet 24 production in association with BBC Television ; a Time Inc.-BBC co-production ; produced in association with Thirteen/WNET. [Alexandria, VA.] : PBS Home Video, [1997]. 8 videocassettes (ca. 60 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. + teacher's guide (88 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.). An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. Follows nearly three centuries of creativity, exploring a nation whose art mirrors its diversity. VHS 4571-4578

Anonymous was a woman [videorecording] / WNET. Wilmette, Ill. : Films Incorporated, c1978. The originals, women in art. 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Examines the climate for artistic expression by women in the 18th and 19th century. Focuses primarily on women's work in such handicrafts as quilting. VHS 5502

Architect of the new American suburb, H. H. Richardson (1838-1886) [videorecording] / Fogg Fine Arts Films. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, 1978, made 1977. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col, ; 3/4 in. Traces the life and work of American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Illustrates 17 suburban buildings, which he designed in and around Boston between 1867 and 1886. VIC 289

Architecture [videorecording] / a Transatlantic Films Production. Irwindale, CA : Centre Production ; distributed by Barr Films, c1989. Greek fire ; program 6. 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. An analysis of modern architectural harmony and its indebtedness to ancient Greek design. Includes works by Le Corbusier and comment by architects Leon Krier and Peter Hodgkinson. Examines how the Greeks influenced Western architecture and whether we can hold on to those values as we build larger cities. Discusses the Greek ideas of harmony and proportion. VHS 1144

Architektur des Untergangs [videorecording] = The architecture of doom / POJ Film produktion AB, Filminstitutet Sveriges Television Kanal 1, Sandrew Film & Teater AB Zeigen ; einen film von Peter Cohen. New York : First Run Icarus Films, c1989. 1 videocassette (119 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in. Looks at the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany from the perspective of Hitler's use of the arts in Nazi policy and propaganda. VHS 1837

Arnoldi, an artist's studio portrait [videorecording]. San Francisco, Calif. : Visual Studies, c1987. David Howard's art seen. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Interview with painter Charles Arnoldi, Venice, California. VHS 2918

Arshile Gorky [videorecording] / Cort Productions. Santa Monica, Calif. : distributed by Direct Cinema, [1998?] Strokes of genius ; 1. 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in. Explores the life and work of twentieth-century Armenian-American artist Arshile Gorky whose influence on his contemporaries gave birth to the New York School of abstract expressionist painting. Uses archival footage and photographs, supplemented with readings from his letters and interviews with family and associates, to re-create Gorky's world and show how his early paintings mirror the pain of his youth as an exile and the later works reflect the influence of modern masters on his style. VHS 4811

Art and revolution -- Mexico [videorecording] / RM Productions. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, 1982. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Shows how history and art have been brought together in Mexico by such painters as Rivera and Siqueiros. Demonstrates that plastic art is the shared possession of all social and educational levels in Mexico. VHS 740

Art city [videorecording] : making it in Manhattan / Chris Maybach and Paul Gardner. Making it in Manhattan. Los Angeles : distributed by Twelve Films, c1996. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The film moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work, including Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, and Gary Simmons. They discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art. VHS 5108

Art history & appreciation activities kit [slide set] : ready-to-use lessons, slides, and projects for secondary students / Helen D. Hume. West Nyack, NY : Center for Applied Research in Education, c1992.. 40 slides : col. ; 2x2 in. in carousel tray + Lesson plans book (xvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.). KIT 86

Art of the fantastic [videorecording] : Latin America, 1920-1987. Washington, D.C. : Organization of American States, 1987. 1 videocassette (29 min., 28 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The exhibition of Latin American painting illustrates the combination of national situations with the major themes of multi-cultural heritage (European, U.S., pre-Columbian, African, and Spanish colonial), as well as the influences of Catholicism, political upheavals, and geographic isolation. The film also includes reactions of people who viewed the exhibit. VHS 2008

Art of the western world [videorecording] / produced by WNET/Thirteen in association with TVS, ORF and Television Española, S.A. Santa Barbara, CA : Intellimation, 1989. 9 videocassettes (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture. Studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them. Interpretation and commentary by art historians emphasize the significance of each work and its relationship to art movements, art theory and the social environment. VHS 1093-1101

Art [videorecording] / a Transatlantic Films production. South Burlington, VT : Mystic Fire Video, 1989. Greek fire ; program 8. 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Western civilization has always worshipped ancient Greek art as the pinnacle of truth and beauty. This program explores the possibility that modern man actually may have created the Greek ideal himself. We now know, for example, that Greek statues, whose purity and lifelike characteristics we so admire, were originally painted in bold, gaudy colors. This video also illustrates our quest for the ideal in art and what it says about our values. VHS 1146

Artists at work [videorecording] : a film on the New Deal art projects / producer and director, Mary Lance ; writer, Peter Lance. New Deal art projects. [S.l.] : New Deal Films : New Day Films [distributor], c1981. 1 videocassette (35 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. An in-depth survey of the federal programs for support of visual artists during the depression. Several artists recount experiences with WPA's art project and other programs. Shows works of art created during the New Deal era and discusses the destruction and loss of many works of art produced then. VHS 1019

Aspects of pattern and decoration [videorecording]. New York : Inner-Tube Video, 1982. Art/New York ; no. 10. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. Number 10 of a journal that looks at significant exhibitions in New York galleries and museums. Also contains interviews with artists Miriam Schapiro, John Perrault, and Holly Solomon. VIC277

The Avant-garde in Russia, 1910-1930 [videorecording] : new perspectives / The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 8 to September 28, 1980 ; presented by ABC Pictures International. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1988. 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Host Hugh Downs describes the Russian avant-garde movement as represented by the exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 8- September 28, 1980. In his words, the film discusses the "mad, mystical, inventive, intellectual intuitive, explosive, passionate, and, finally, tragic" art and artists, including painting, sculpture, theater, literature, ceramics, fashion, music, design, film, photography, and architecture. VHS 888

Barbara Nessim [videorecording] : anatomy of an artists idea. San Francisco, Calif. : Visual Studies, [1987?] David Howard's art seen. 1 videocassette (approx. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Barbara Nessim discusses her use of computers, photography, sketching and painting to reach and explore her subconscious through art. VHS 2922

Basquiat [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; John Kilik ; Eleventh Street Production. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, c1997. 1 videocassette (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Film looks at the 1980s New York art world through the life of Jean Michael Basquiat. Basquiat was a graffiti artist living on the street who became an art world superstar (and a protege of Andy Warhol) while still in his 20s. VHS 5412

Bauhaus in America [videorecording]. New York, NY : Cliofilm, c1994. 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A documentary about architecture, design and human nature in the twentieth century. VHS 3405

Bauhaus [videorecording] : the face of the 20th century / RM Arts/BBC co-production in association with NOS TV3. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996. 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. Looks at the development of the Bauhaus and the key figures involved in it - including founder Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Laslo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers. It also sets the history of the Bauhaus in the context of the political unrest and economic chaos of the Weimar Republic in Germany. Looks at the architecture of Chicago, much influenced by Mies van der Rohe, who emigrated there after the Nazis shut down the Bauhaus in 1933. VHS 5328

Behind the scenes [videorecording] / a production of Learning Designs and Thirteen/WNET ; produced and directed by Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer. New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Publishing, c1992. 10 videocassettes (ca. 28 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + Teacher's guide (23 p. ; 28 cm.). Focuses on the creative process behind the visual and performing arts. Goes behind the scenes with renowned artists and performers, covering fields of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theater. Designed to instill creative and critical thinking skills in children through exploration of the visual and performing arts. VHS 1921-1930

Behind the scenes with David Hockney [videorecording] / a co-production of Learning Designs & Thirteen-WNET. New York: Ambrose Video, c1992. videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. David Hockney illustrates his own way of painting by using techniques to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface. VHS 1921

Behind the scenes with Nancy Graves [videorecording] / a co-production of Learning Designs and Thirteen/WNET. New York: Ambrose Video, 1992. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2" VHS. This videocassette program attempts to demonstrate that balance does not necessarily mean symmetry. The program explores how artists create balance through shape and color. Sculptor Nancy Graves creates a work that is a surprising balancing act. VHS 1923

Behind the scenes with Robert Gil de Montes [videorecording] / a co-production of Learning Designs & Thirteen-WNET. New York : Ambrose Video, c1992. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Painter Robert Gil de Montes and his guest, Marilyn Ono, illustrate how different methods show what color can do. VHS 1922

Behind the scenes with Wayne Thiebaud [videorecording] / a co-production of Learning Designs and Thirteen/WNET. New York : Ambrose Video, 1992.. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2" VHS. When is a line not a line? When it's volume, shape, movement, and feeling. At first simple, the lines of Wayne Thiebaud's drawing gradually reveal the complex linear structure of a portrait of an ice cream cone. VHS 1925

The body and the object [computer file] : Ann Hamilton, 1984-1996. Columbus, Ohio : Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, 1996. 1 computer laser optical disc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + [Exhibition checklist (90 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.). CDROM 34

The Brothers Quay. v. 1; Street of Crocodiles & The cabinet of Jan Svankmajer [videorecording]. New York, N.Y. : First Run Features, 1990. 1 videocassette (35 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The Brothers Quay creates puppet animation, where decaying dolls, primitive machinery, and other found objects interact in an expressionist world of ultra-reality. VHS 2847

Bruce Conner films [videorecording]. Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, c1990. 2 videocassettes (24, 29 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Nine films by "The master of the ambivalent attitude." Ten Second Film is composed like a poster from ten strips of film of countdown leader. -- Permian Strata depicts a biblical tyrant who is confronted with the truth but cannot handle it. -- Mongoloid shows how a determined young man overcomes a basic mental defect. -- America is Waiting explores ideas of loyalty, power and paranoia. -- A Movie features irony and exaggeration, reminding us that it is made from other movies. Breakaway is a dance film, first viewed forward and then backward. -- Vivian features Vivian Kurtz entombed in a glass display case. -- The White Rose depicts a huge painting being removed from an artist's studio. -- Marilyn Times Five features the eternal mirror image of Marilyn Monroe. VHS 3249

The burghers of Calais [videorecording] / WNVT TV. Annandale, VA : WNVT, 1980?. 1 videocassette (29 min.) : col. ; 3/4 in. VIC145

Cadillac Ranch Show [videorecording] ; &, Media burn / created, produced and directed by Ant Farm. Toronto, Ontario : Art Metropole, 1988, c1980. 1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Cadillac Ranch documents the creation of the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, where ten Cadillacs were buried in Texas businessman Stanley Marsh's wheat field on Route 66 as a monument to the rise and fall of the Cadillac tail fin. Media Burn is a spectacular performance piece that combines sculpture, performance, satire and social commentary into a spectacle of cultural anarchy as a customized phantom dream car, guided by a video camera in its tail fin, smashes through a wall of burning TV sets before a cheering crowd at the San Francisco Cow Palace in celebration of America's addiction to TV. VHS 5186

The Cathedral of Speyer [videorecording] / Institut für Film und Bild ; realization, H.J. Hossfeld. Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. [distributor], [1983]. 1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 teacher's guide (4 p. ; 28 cm.) in box. Examines the rudiments of Romanesque architecture as epitomized in the Cathedral of Speyer and traces the cathedral's architectural evolution from the eleventh century to the present. VHS 2356

Cathedral [videorecording] / Unicorn Projects ; written and produced by Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein ; animation created and directed by Tony White ; live action sequences by Carl Gover Associates ; directed by Tim King ; producer, Colin Leighton. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video [distributor], 1986, c1985. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Follows the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Beaulieu during the thirteenth century, in order to understand why and how the great cathedrals of Europe were built. Alternates between modern footage and animation. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Lyon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses church-centered life in the Middle Ages. VHS 2399

Chicano Park [videorecording] / produced by Mario Barrera & Marilyn Mulford ; directed by Marilyn Mulford ; writers, Juan Felipe Herrera and Gary Weimberg. [Berkeley, Calif.] : Redbird Films, 1988. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Under the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge is Chicano Park and its murals. This is the story of its creation and a history of the community. VHS 2113

The classical age [videorecording] / Christopher Burstall ; a BBC TV production in association with RM Productions. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1980. The Greeks ; pt. 2. 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. Surveys the accomplishments of the Greek classical age. Discusses Greek art and literature of the period as well as Greek thought, linking the classical age to basic elements of Western civilization. Burstall's conversations with Greek scholar Kenneth Dover are interspersed with scenes from Greek drama; photographs of ancient ruins, artifacts, and sculpture; and scenes from recent Greek history and modern Greek culture. VIC 435

The Classical ideal [videorecording] / a production of WNET/Thirteen in association with TVS, ORF and Television Espanola, S.A. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Intellimation, c1989. Art of the western world ; pt. 1. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Traces the origins of humanism and the classical style to ancient Greece and the genius of Roman engineering, architecture and portrait sculpture. Looks at Kouroi and Korai figures, as well as by the architectures of the Pantheon. From Greece to Rome through the Hellenistic period, the program focuses on the new artistic approach to human form and violent emotions that reached its pinnacle with the altar of Zeus at Pergamun. Identifies Roman art as inherently political art that concentrated on technical sophistication and detail. Traces the decline of humanistic values in the late antique period where classical themes and forms were adapted to serve Christian purposes. Features art experts John Boardman and Richard Brilliant. VHS 1093

Colour, an introduction [videorecording] / Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Knowledge Network, Open Learning Institute, and the British Columbia Provincial Educational Media Centre ; with the assistance of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training. Color, an introduction. Shawnee Mission, KS : RMI Media Productions [distributor], c1987. 9 videocassettes (30 min. ea.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. This series explores the fundamentals of color theory, mixing and color schemes, and color in the natural and human environment. VHS 2851-2859

Colour in nature [videorecording] / Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Knowledge Network, Open Learning Institute, and the British Columbia Provincial Educational Media Centre ; with the assistance of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training. Color in nature. Shawnee Mission, KS : distributed by RMI Media Productions, 1987. Colour, an introduction ; pt. 6. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Knowledge of colour is applied to the task of analyzing and replicating colour in nature. Discusses the major developments in twentieth century landscape painting. VHS 2856

Comic book confidential [videorecording] : a film / by Ron Mann ; Sphinx Productions in association with Don Haig, Martin Harbury, Charles Lippincott. Santa Monica, CA : Voyager Co., c1991, 1988. 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 12 in. Combines historical footage, interviews, animation, and live action to trace the history of comic books from 1933 to 1988. 22 significant comic artists and writers are discussed: Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Al Feldstein, Shary Flenniken, William M. Gaines, Bill Griffith, Jaime Hernandez, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Paul Mavrides, Frank Miller, Victor Moscoro, Francaise Mowly, Dan O'Neill, Harvey Pekar, Gilbert Shelton, Spain, Art Spiegelman. VDD 131

Computer art [videorecording] / directed by David Howard. San Francisco, Calif. : Visual Studies [distributor], [199-?] David Howard's art seen. 3 videocassettes (69 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Documents ideas and methods used to create images on computers and from that to create large scale paintings. Feature interviews and work of Darcy Gerbarg, Barbara Nessim, and Samia Halaby. VHS 2921-2923

Creating [videorecording] / Time-Life Video. 1985. Heart of the dragon ; no. 10. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. Discusses contemporary Chinese arts (painting, music, poetry), and explores the philosophic and historic traditions, especially religious, that influence and shape them today. VIC449

The Creative revolution [videorecording] / written and produced by Lauren Seeley Aguirre. Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1994. In search of human origins ; 3. 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Fifty thousand years ago a dramatic change swept through the hunter-gatherers then living in Africa. They began to paint, carve, talk, bury their dead, and to travel and trade. Scientists continue to debate the reasons for this sudden transformation. Don Johanson sets out to retrace the migration of our ancient ancestors from Africa, to Asia, to Europe and even to Australia. Prehistoric art and cave paintings are investigated in an effort to find clues to how and when our ancestors evolved into modern human beings. VHS 2473

Damned in the USA [videorecording] / a Berwick Universal Pictures production for Channel Four International . Damned in the U.S.A. Damned in the United States of America. New York : Video Dub, Inc., 1993. 1 videocassette (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. British documentary about art, censorship issues and First Amendment rights in the United States. In the USA, Congressional Senators, together with representatives from family and religious organizations oppose the explicit depiction of sex acts by various media artists, especially those who receive government funding. Program contains illustrations from some of the material under discussion - from the Mapplethorpe controversy to the debate over the lyrics of 2 Live Crew, from government sponsorship of artists to morally motivated boycotts, film looks at the censorship debate in all its complexity. VHS 2172

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