Colin Renfrew Movies
The life and work of acclaimed archeologist Dr. Marija Gimbutas serve as the subjects of this documentary narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis. Few archeologists have ever achieved quite the level of fame, or courted quite as much controversy, as the Lithuanian-born mythology and linguistics who dared to develop theories that challenged the "establishment" of her time. By unearthing evidence of goddess-worshipping civilizations throughout pre-historic "Old Europe," Dr. Gimbutas highlighted the importance of critical thinking while influencing an entire generation of feminists, scholars, and social thinkers. In this film, experts like Carol Christ, Margaret Conkley, Vikki Nobel, and Patricia Reis all offer their opinions on why the discoveries that Dr. Gimbutas made during her lifetime as still as relevant today as they were when she was still traveling the world in search of answers to our true origins. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marija Gimbutas, Vikki Nobel, (more)
While most artists expect their works to be permanent, Andy Goldsworthy has a very different philosophy. Working with natural material, such as leaves, ice, stones, snow, and twigs, his sculptures are meant to weather in a normal fashion, and eventually disappear into their surroundings. Nature and Nature: Andy Goldsworthy looks at this artist and his unusual techniques as he talks with Colin Renfrew, head of the Archaeology Department at Cambridge University. The only records of many of Goldsworthy's sculptures can be found in photographs. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide
