MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES: THE GREEN
Sunday December 28 @ 7PM

As part of THE GREEN, Sundance Channel presents a series of documentary films focusing on timely and pressing environmental issues of the day.

Appeared at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival
Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal considers the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky and presents a mesmerizing meditation on man’s troubled relationship with his planet. Burtynsky, who calls his photos “reflecting pools of our times,” specializes in images depicting nature literally transformed by industry – from massive factories and refineries to dead-end destinations where old computers and aging oil tankers are harvested for raw materials. “An extraordinary, haunting, beautiful, insightful, touching and thought-provoking movie” – Al Gore.

JACK SMITH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS
Monday December 22 @ 7PM, Sunday December 28 @ 4:30AM, Thursday January 1 @ 2AM

Performance artist, photographer and filmmaker Jack Smith was an undisputed leader of American underground cinema during its golden age. An early pioneer of camp sensibility, Smith was championed by critic Susan Sontag and influenced everyone from Andy Warhol and John Waters to Federico Fellini. Alas, since his death in 1989, Smith’s legacy and work – including his notorious FLAMING CREATURES (1962) – have faded from view. Filmmaker Mary Jordan rectifies this neglect in “an accessible, entertaining documentary” – New York Times.

TINA BARNEY: SOCIAL STUDIES
Friday December 26 @ 8PM, Tuesday December 30 @ 3AM,

Born into an exclusive world of wealth and privilege, photographer Tina Barney has made a career capturing America’s gentrified East Coast upper classes in revealing large-scale color portraits. Sometimes called the “Diane Arbus of the rich,” Barney herself is profiled in this documentary portrait by filmmaker Jaci Judelson. Cameras follow Barney while engaged in a new project: a series of images capturing the lives of Europe’s aristocrats, at home in their lavish city apartments, partying and at their country estates.

BLACK, WHITE + GRAY: A PORTRAIT OF SAM WAGSTAFF AND ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
Sunday December 21 @ 5AM

During the ’70s and ’80s, two of the most influential figures in American photography were maverick photographer-provocateur Robert Mapplethorpe and his aristocratic patron and lover Sam Wagstaff. Overshadowed by the fame and notoriety of his protégé, Wagstaff receives due recognition in James Crump’s rich documentary as a visionary curator and collector whose aesthetic passions pioneered the acceptance of photography as a serious art form. Contributing reflections on the pair and their era are Patti Smith, Dominick Dunne and John Richardson.

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Kevin Michael Reed
Kevin Michael Reed (Google+, Facebook) is a fashion & beauty photographer and producer/director based in New York City and Los Angeles, CA. He is the President/CEO of RedFOG Visual Media, a production company in New York City, and a partner in Passion of Photography, Inc, a company dedicated to teaching photographers and sharing our passion through charitable causes. Kevin has lectured and hosted workshops throughout the United States and the world teaching photographers the business and creative sides of photography. (Kevin's Fashion & Beauty Photography Portfolio can be seen here).

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