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A FARM FOR THE ARTS -1979

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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · News & Politics

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A FARM FOR THE ARTS:
PAN REMOTE NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMLAND, SNOW-COVERED
STUDIO AWAY FROM MAIN HOUSE AMID HUGE PINE TREES,
NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN COMPOSER EDWIN
MCDOWELL, COMPOSED SOME OF HIS GREATEST MUSIC. CU
OLD PHOTO OF MCDOWELL AND WIFE.

00:54:45 
CU PHOTO OF ELDERLY MIRIAM MCDOWELL WHO SPENT THE
REST OF HER LIFE AFTER, DEATH OF EDWIN, RAISING
MONEY, BUILDING THE MCDOWELL COLONY WHERE CREATIVE
PEOPLE CAN DO THEIR WORK IN PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN
STUDIO. SHOT OF MCDOWELL COLONY FARM HOUSE.

00:55:00 
ARTISTS, WRITERS, COMPOSERS, SCULPTORS, FILM
MAKERS SIT IN MAIN HOUSE, ENJOY DINNER, LIVELY
DISCUSSION. FAMOUS PEOPLE OF ARTS MET AT THESE
TABLES. JAMES BALDWIN, STEPHAN VINCENT BENNET,
AARON COPELAND, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, THORNTON WILDER.

00:55:25 
ELDERLY LESTER STEVENS PLACES LUNCH BASKETS IN
BACK OF PICK-UP TRUCK, DRIVES THROUGH SNOW TO
MCDOWELL COLONY. FOR TWENTY YEARS HE HAS DELIVERED
LUNCH TO EACH OF FORTY-TWO STUDIOS AT THE COLONY.
HE GETS OUT, DELIVERS AT DOORSTEP SO NO ONE IS
DISTURBED.

00:56:03 
YOUNG COMPOSER CARSON KIESMAN, COMMISSIONED BY
BOSTON SYMPHONY, WALKS DOWN SNOW COVERED PATH AWAY
FROM FARM, TOWARDS CAMERA. HE NARRATES AS HE
WALKS, TELLS OF FEELING OF BEING IN WILDERNESS.

00:56:28 
CARSON WALKS INTO HIS STUDIO, SITS AT PIANO,
PLAYS. TELLS OF FREEDOM FROM TELEPHONES, BACK TO
WORK, FAMILY. AWAY FROM CONSTANT DISTRACTION.

00:57:11 
MARRIED HANNA GREEN LEAVES HOME FOR HER STUDIO
WHILE HER ARTIST HUSBAND JOHN WESLEY STAYS HOME,
WORKS THERE. HE PREPARES HIS PAINTINGS FOR SHOW AT
NEW YORK GALLERY. TELLS HOW HE FEELS BEING THERE.

00:57:40 
CU WESLEY'S HAND AS HE USES PAINT BRUSH ON CANVAS,
SPEAKS. CU FACE SHOT OF WESLEY. WIFE HANNA GREEN,
AUTHOR, PROFESSOR, LITERARY CRITIC, WHO RECENTLY
RECEIVED GRANT FROM ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS TO
WRITE NEW NOVEL, STEPS OUT INTO SNOW FEEDS BIRD
HOUSE, HANGING ON TREE.

00:58:19 
CU HAND SHOT OF HER, TYPING. CU FACE SHOT. SHE
TELLS ABOUT HER STUDIO AND PRIVACY. ZOOM AWAY
HANNA SEEN FROM WINDOW OF STUDIO.

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