Reiner E. Moritz

Tells the story of French pianist Hélène Grimaud, from early musical promise to a Paris Conservatory education and star career, through the point where her enduring love of the wild, particularly wolves, caused her to break with the convention of that life. She is seen at her home in upstate New York, where she founded the Wolf Conservation Center. Includes excerpts from a performance of Rachmaninov's Second piano concerto.

"In this revelatory new documentary, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: How has the media influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice versa? Over this period an extensive archive of beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers has accumulated on film and television, resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media. In addition, new art forms such as dance movies and ballet films have emerged from this development...

This program critically examines the following masterpieces of realism in American painting: Grant Wood's American Gothic ; Georgia O'Keeffe's The white calico flower ; Reginald Marsh's Twenty cent movie ; Edward Hopper's Nighthawks ; Andrew Wyeth's Christina's world ; and Richard Estes' Ansonia.