Blackwood Productions

Isamu Noguchi( visu )
3 editions published between 1972 and 2001 in English and held by 23 libraries worldwide
Presents the artist in the Brancusi Studio, Paris, and in Spoleto, Italy in conversation with his mentor, Buckminster Fuller. Visits sites of Noguchi's projects: the UNESCO Garden, Paris and the IBM Garden, Armonk, New York. Shows Nogucki at work and reviews four decades of his art. Closes with his sculpture retrospective at the Whitney Museum.

Making dances seven post-modern choreographers( visu )
4 editions published between 1980 and 2001 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide
A study of the work of seven New York choreographers, each attached to the post-modern school of dance, a free-form style that developed in the 60's. Each artist is examined individually and includes interviews with the choreographers as well as footage of their choreography in rehearsal and peerformance.

Making dances seven postmodern choreographers( visu )
2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide
Explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based post-modern choreographers. Includes discussion of the nature of dance and the evolution of their work. Filmed at rehearsals, performances and during interviews.

George Segal( visu )
3 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide
Presents a portrait of American sculptor George Segal, examining his views on art and showing him at work.

Decoy( visu )
4 editions published between 1973 and 1988 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide
"Jasper Johns at work on the lithograph Decoy during two days at Universal Limited Art Editions, the print workshop of Tatyana Grosman, in West Islip, Long Island."

Masters of modern sculpture( visu )
3 editions published between 1978 and 1980 in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide
Pt. 1. Examines sculpture from the late 19th century to the beginning of World War I, illustrating the breakdown of the classical view of art and its replacement by a new view of form and content. Shows works by such artists as Rodin, Maillol, Lehmbruck, Matisse, Picasso, Lipschitz, and Brancusi, among others. -- pt. 2. Sculpture in Europe from 1917 to the recent past, examining constructionism, dada, surrealism, and other movements. Artists included are Tatlin, Gabo, Pevsner, Ray, Duchamp, Arp, Moore, Calder, Miro, Giacometti, Ernst, and Hepworth -- pt. 3 Sculpture in America, including David Smith and the abstract expressionists in the 1940's and pop and minimal art in the works of Segal, Oldenburg, Andre, Serra, Morris, Judd, Christo, and Kienholz. Shows the large-scale earthworks of Heizer and Smithson.

Light in the West photography and the American frontier( visu )
3 editions published between 1980 and 1990 in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide
Presents a history of photography in the American West using the work of such masters as Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, Timothy O'Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, William Soule, Andrew Russell, and John Hillers.

Jim Dine( visu )
2 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide
Visits the American pop artist Jim Dine, while he works, reads poetry, and discusses his work. Filmed while he was living in London in November 1970.

Colin McPhee the lure of Asian music( visu )
2 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide
A portrait of the composer/musicologist Colin McPhee, whose music and writings have given Westerners a better understanding of Eastern music in general and the music of Bali in particular. Shot in Bali, Germany and England, the film features performances of some of McPhee's works and commentary by such contemporary composers as John Cage and Steve Reich, who give us insight into McPhee and his impact on their own work.

Artpark people( visu )
3 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
A documentary on Artpark, a publicly funded State park north of Niagara Falls, where artists are working residents in a family-oriented facility that offers opera, ballet, concerts, crafts, storytellers, puppet shows, picnics, and fishing. Focuses on the interaction between visitors and the artists.