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1980 LES BLANK FILM FEST ORIGINAL POSTER BLUES ACCORDING TO LIGHTNIN HOPKINS

$ 36.95

Availability: 40 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: USED SEE PICS

    Description

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    WHAT YOU ARE BUYING/BIDDING ON
    1980 LES BLANK FILM FEST ORIGINAL POSTER BLUES ACCORDING TO LIGHTNIN HOPKINS
    Original First Printing Event Concert Poster
    VenueEsther's pool . . in . . Austin Texas . .
    DatedFebruary - 14-17 - 1980
    Size11 1/2 x 17 1/2 - inches
    black ink on white ? card stock paper
    Les Blank (November 27, 1935 - April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. He founded his own production company, Flower Films, in 1967 with the release of " God Respects Us When We Work But Loves Us When We Dance " , a short colorful document of Los Angeles' Elysian Park Love-in . This was followed by " The Blues Accordin' To Lightnin' Hopkins " (1968) and " The Sun's Gonna Shine " (1968) both about Texas' own blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins .Blank was the first documentary filmmaker to earn the Edward MacDowell Medal , a national honor given to one artist a year. He was also awarded the American Film Institute 's Maya Deren Award for outstanding lifetime achievement as an independent filmmaker.
    In 2011, the International Documentary Association honored Blank with a career achievement award.Two months prior to Blank's death, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced that Blank had been accepted to receive its 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award along with a retrospective of his work at the festival, which took place from April 25 to May 5, 2013
    This poster will be shipped flat.
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    CONDITION
    USED SEE PICS
    THERE IS FOXING AND SLIGHT DISCOLORATION ALONG THE EDGES.
    THERE ARE ALSO STAPLE HOLES IN THE TOP CORNERS...SEE PICS
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