Kumu Documentary: New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century
Dir Jake Gorst
USA 2024, 107 min
In English
A revealing documentary about the influential architects and designers who shaped modernism in the United States during the 20th century.
Between the 1930s and 1970s, American Modernism established an exciting and provocative foothold in the diverse landscape of New England, situated between New York and Canada. By the 1940s the works of the American master Frank Lloyd Wright and European newcomers, such as Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, influenced generations of young architects and inspired a surprisingly large catalogue of important buildings throughout the region.
The architects Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Philip Johnson, Eliot Noyes and many others followed their lead. Dive deep into this rich pool of talent, whose buildings still have international influence, despite the constant threat of re-development. These works tell the story of New England Modernism, a story rich in beauty, imagination, creativity and industriousness.
