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Showing 1 - 10 of 10 titles with a criteria of Subject is Museum Studies
The Destruction of Memory
Explores the loss of priceless artwork, artifacts and historical sites through war and terrorism.
Icarus Films | 2016 | 85 minutes
Fang
A whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes
Icarus Films | 2001 | 8 minutes
The Grand Masters of the Chauvet Cave
The paintings and drawings of the Chauvet cave – made 36,000 years ago and discovered 20 years ago in the south of France – are the oldest human artistic expression to date. Their strength and modernity changed radically all the ideas we had on prehistorical art.
Andana Films | 2015 | 52 minutes
The Hermitage Dwellers
This kaleidoscope of people and events in the great museum unfolds into a poignant account of Russia's painful 20th century transformed by the 'dwellers' intimate relationship with the art.
Icarus Films | 2003 | 73 minutes
I.M. PEI
Architect I.M. Pei returns to his home city of Suzhou, China to build a modern museum that complements the architecture of the 2,500 year-old city and sets a course for modern Chinese architecture.
Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 53 minutes
Leninland
The world's largest museum devoted to Lenin offers a 'true Soviet-era experience.' But can it survive in the new Russia?
Icarus Films | 2013 | 52 minutes
The Next Big Thing
The contemporary art world is changing dramatically. How are collectors, museum directors, dealers and artists responding to transformations in the market?
Icarus Films | 2014 | 57 minutes
Secret Museums
For millenia erotic art has been created, often by some of the world's best-known artists. But it is rarely on public display.
Icarus Films | 2008 | 77 minutes
Totem: Return and Renewal
A follow-up to Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, documenting the successful repatriation of the traditional totem pole.
National Film Board of Canada | 2008 | 24 minutes
Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole
The struggle of the Haisla people of British Columbia to recover a traditional mortuary totem pole.
National Film Board of Canada | 2004 | 70 minutes