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Gardner Films
Robert H. Gardner (born, June 3, 1947, in Berkeley, California) is an American documentary filmmaker, producer and director of ''The Courage to Care'', '' Egypt: Quest for Immortality'', '' Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land'', ''National Geographic Explorer series; Search for the Lost Ark'', ''Tiwanaku'', and ''Desert Warriors''; The History Channel series '' Barbarians, Barbarians II'', and ''Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire''. In 2001 his series '' Islam: Empire of Faith'' aired on PBS, as well as ''Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World'' in 2012. Biography He began working in 1967 in Washington, D.C., as a camera and editing assistant for Eli Productions, producing social issue documentaries for the short-lived, experimental television show, Public Broadcast Laboratory, on NET, the precursor to PBS. In 1968 he was part of the documentary crew covering the presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey. He directed and edited children’s television series f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gardner (anthropologist)
Robert Grosvenor Gardner (November 5, 1925 – June 21, 2014) was an American academic, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1956 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like the National Film Registry inductee '' Dead Birds'' and ''Forest of Bliss''. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum, New York. Biography He was the sixth child and third son, born in the home of his grandmother Isabella Stewart Gardner. He was a cousin of poet Robert Lowell. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1947, he became an assistant to the founder of the Byzantine Institute of America, Thomas Whittemore at Harvard's Fogg Museum. This led to travels to Anatolia, Fayum and London working with Coptic textiles and restoring Byzantine art Next, he started teaching medieval art and history at the College of Puget Sound in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Gardner
Robert Gardner may refer to: Law and politics * Bob Gardner, legislator in Colorado *Robert Gardner (Victorian politician) (1916–2002), Australian politician * Robert A. Gardner (politician), Ohio politician *Robert K. A. Gardiner (1914–1994), Ghanaian minister for Finance and Economic Planning *Bob Gardner (Queensland politician) (1890–1966), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sportspeople * Robert Gardner (footballer) (1847–1887), Scottish footballer * Robert Gardner (golfer) (1890–1956), American golfer and pole vaulter *Rob Gardner (baseball) (1944–2023), Major League Baseball pitcher Musicians *Rob Gardner (musician) (born 1965), rock musician *Rob Gardner (composer) (born 1978), American composer of primarily oratorios Others *Robert Gardner (academic) (born 1938), Canadian documentary filmmaker and Ryerson University professor * Robert Gardner (anthropologist) (1925–2014), director of the Film Study Center, Harvard University *Robert Gardner (balle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courage To Care
''The Courage to Care'' is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by Robert H. Gardner and produced by Carol Rittner about non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Rittner wrote a book of the same name as a companion volume to the film, which also includes the personal narratives of the same persons in the film and many others. References External links * * Watc''The Courage to Care''at Facing History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves is a global non-profit organization founded in 1976. The organization's mission is to "use lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate." The organization is based in Br ... 1985 films 1985 documentary films 1985 short films 1980s short documentary films American short documentary films American independent films Documentary films about the Holocaust 1985 independent films 1980s Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest For Immortality
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. The word serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical. Tales of quests figure prominently in the folklore of every nation and ethnic culture. In literature, the object of a quest requires great exertion on the part of the hero, who must overcome many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrative, not of the character). The object of a quest may also have supernatural properties, often leading the protagonist into other worlds and dimensions. The moral of a quest tale often centers on the changed character of the hero. Quest objects The hero normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return home. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in their life, or something that was stole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wounded Spirits In A Promised Land
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Wounded may refer to: Film and TV * ''Wounded'' (1977 film), Canadian film * ''Wounded'' (2007 film), Bollywood film * ''Wounded'' (2013 film), Spanish film * ''Wounded'' (play), 2005 stage play collaboratively developed by The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble * "The Wounded" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), 1991 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' Music Albums * ''Wounded'' (Enchant album), 1996 album by Enchant * ''Wounded'' (Landmine Marathon album), 2006 album by Landmine Marathon Songs * "Wounded" (song), 1999 song by Third Eye Blind * "Wounded", a song by Nik Kershaw from his album ''To Be Frank'' See also * Wound * Wounded Knee (other) Wounded Knee may refer to Places * Wounded Knee, South Dakota * Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, a U.S. National Historic Landmark site of the 1890 massacre * Wounded Knee Creek Historical events * Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 * Wounde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarians (miniseries)
''Barbarians'' is a 2004 miniseries on The History Channel which tells the story of tribes from the Early Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages. Two series have currently been produced, each consisting of four episodes – the first aired in 2004, and the second aired in 2007. The series tells about what the groups did, who they conquered, and how they fell. Clancy Brown narrated season 1 and Bob Boving narrated season 2. The 2004 miniseries was History Channel's highest-rated telecast of the year. Episodes Season 1 (2004) *The Goths *The Vikings *The Mongols *The Huns Season 2 (2007) *The Vandals *The Saxons *The Franks *The Lombards The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the '' History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 an ... References External links * 2004 American television series debuts 2007 America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Faith
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, there is non-equivalence between different populations who have different sets of rights and are governed differently. Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, centralized and decentralized, ultra-brutal and relatively benign" Empires. An important distinction has been between land empires mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
