Rotunda (2008)
Designed by Thomas Jefferson to represent the “authority of nature and the power of reason,” the Rotunda is the physical and symbolic center of the University of Virginia, founded by Jefferson in 1824 as the first secular Liberal Arts university in America. Composer Judith Shatin and filmmaker Robert Arnold have created a portrait of the Rotunda that combines its timeless majesty with the ever-changing hum of daily life. Sounds and images recorded over the course of an entire year from season to season, are presented as a single day, from dawn to sunset.
Directors: Robert Arnold, Judith Shatin.
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Lee Bidgood as Self |
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Julian Bond as Self |
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John T. Casteen III as Self |
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Rhavynn Drummer as Self |
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Michael Kubovy as Self |
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Zhenyu James Liao as Self |
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Deborah E. McDowell as Self |
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Trenise Danielle Moore as Self |
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Peter Onuf as Self |
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David Sutton as Self |
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Karen van Lengen as Self |
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Camille Wells as Self |
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Richard Guy Wilson as Self |
| Directing | Robert Arnold | Director |
| Directing | Judith Shatin | Director |