THE LIFE AND GARDENS OF BEATRIX FARRAND (2017) by Karyl Evans
Description
On today's episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen talks with two Connecticut filmmakers who will be screening their new movies playing at this year's New Haven Documentary Festival.
On the first segment of the show, Breen is joined by six-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans to talk about her new movie The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand, about a pioneering female landscape architect who lived and worked in New Haven for over a decade in the first half of the 20th century.
On the second segment, Breen talks with writer / producer Fred Cantor The High School that Rocked, a short documentary about how from 1966 - 1968 Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut hosted concerts by some of the biggest names in rock and roll, including The Doors, The Animals, Cream, The Rascals, and Sly & The Family Stone.
Links
NHDocs: http://www.nhdocs.com/
The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand trailer: https://vimeo.com/201694337
The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand Website: http://www.beatrixfarranddocumentary.com/
The High School That Rocked Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheHighSchoolThatRocked/