Summary: Before the arrival of Miami Vice and MTV Spring Break, South Beach was home to the largest cluster of Jewish retirees in the country. Drawn by the apartments, low cost of living, sunny weather, and thriving cultural life, they came by the thousands seeking refuge from the Northeast. By the 1970s, these former New Yorkers had turned from seasonal visitors to year-round residents. The film takes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: Jackson Pollock said, 'He makes the rest of us look academic,' Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a 'myth-maker' and Clement Greenberg called him 'a highly influential maverick and an independent genius.' Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020