TONIGHT on PBS: "Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio" · Aug 23, 08:34 AM
Citizen Architect airs tonight on PBS! Check your local listings!
According to one of our favorite blogs Unbeige:
Tune in to PBS later this month, when the network will air Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio, a documentary on the architect Samuel Mockbee (1944-2001) and his radical educational design/build program to create architecture that not only elevates the living standards of the rural poor but also provides “shelter for the soul” in Hale County, Alabama. Directed by Sam Wainright Douglas, a veteran filmmaker and Mockbee’s son-in-law, the hour-long film features frank interviews with the Rural Studio founder and his peers (including Peter Eisenman and Cameron Sinclair) while documenting the creation of a home for Alabama resident Jimmie Lee Matthews, a soul music aficionado known as Music Man. Check your local PBS listings for airdates and click here to watch the trailer.
Don’t forget to check out our best-selling books on Sam Mockbee and the Rural Studio:
Rural Studio : Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency and Proceed and Be Bold : Rural Studio After Samuel Mockbee are available from Princeton Architectural Press.
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