Unfinished Spaces
The history written in architecture. You know the expression, "If these walls could talk"? This film makes those walls talk. Fascinating.
Benjamin Murray
Ben Murray graduated from NYU in 2001 with a BFA in Film and Television Production. He worked as a colorist and VFX artist on a variety of features and TV series. Regular clients and series include Martin Scorsese, Alex Gibney, Michael Moore, The Wire, 30 Rock, and Chappelle's Show. In 2009, Murray founded The Room, a post production company which merged with Technicolor in 2015. As a filmmaker, Murray co-produced and co-directed the feature documentary, Unfinished Spaces. The film garnered numerous film festival prizes, won a Spirit Award, and an official selection for Sundance's Film Forward program. He is currently VP of Creative Services for Technicolor-Postworks and is in production on a second feature documentary.
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Unfinished Spaces
In 1961, three young, visionary architects were commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to create Cuba's National Art Schools on the grounds of a former golf course in Havana, Cuba. Construction of their radical designs began immediately and the school's first classes...Watch Movie
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Unfinished Spaces
Interesting to see the life of a building project and its creators under various forms of suppression!
Unfinished Spaces
a fascinating history, even though I thought I knew some history of Cuba, this is not to be missed.