The true story of how one man’s homespun creativity left a lasting impression on his neighbors and on the arid landscape of central Washington state long after his death.
Gehrke Windmill Garden
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Category Archives: Condensed originals
‘When Elvis met Nixon’ trailer
When the world’s most popular entertainer requests a meeting with the world’s most powerful man, only one will walk away with what they most desire. “When Elvis met Nixon” tells the true, bizarre story behind one of the most infamous events ever to take place in the White House. Drawing extensively on rare documents and photos from that strange day, a new story emerges about the events leading up to this meeting of a true ‘odd couple.’
‘Gehrke Windmill Garden’ trailer
Over his lifetime, folk artisan Emil Gehrke and his wife created hundreds of handcrafted windmills and whirligigs out of spare parts, household items and assorted ephemera. After their deaths, the pieces were slated to be destroyed, but friends and neighbors rallied to save the collection, as well as establish a permanent public home, where the slowly disintegrating, but still functional art can be enjoyed today. The film documents the formation of the collection, as well as the sights and sounds of the machinery coming to life under power of the wind.
Ephemeral eyE: Columbia River
Real life, in all of its glory, and sublime detail, captured in HD. Think of it as beautiful Zen patterns in motion, unfolding before your very eyes. In this episode, We watch clouds dance across the rough terrain and bare bluffs of Washington state’s Columbia River Gorge.
Ephemeral eyE: Blue Heron
Real life, in all of its glory, and sublime detail, captured in HD. Think of it as beautiful Zen patterns in motion, unfolding before your very eyes. In this edition, we watch a wild Blue Heron as he picks up a couple of items for lunch along the shore of Puget Sound in lovely Washington state.
Ephemeral eyE: Mt. St. Helens
Real life, in all of its glory, and sublime detail, captured in HD. Think of it as beautiful Zen patterns in motion, unfolding before your very eyes. A calm look at the approach to, and crater of, active volcano Mt. St. Helens, and the world’s newest glacier within its caldera.