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Title:
Jens Jensen : the living green / a Viva Lundin Productions film ; directed by Carey Lundin ; written by Mark Frazel ; produced by Carey Lundin & Mark Frazel.
Publisher:
Viva Lundin,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 DVD-video (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Jensen, Jens,--1860-1951.
Landscape architects--United States--Biography.
Conservationists--United States--Biography.
Native plant gardening--United States--History.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Lundin, Carey, director. director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015082909
Frazel, Mark, author. author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87932185
Wolfe, Jensen Wheeler, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015082817
Wolfmeyer, Fritz, actor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011013178
Viva Lundin Productions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015083101
Notes:
Narrated by Jensen Wheeler Wolfe. Fritz Wolfmeyer as Jens Jensen. "Gorgeous imagery, an evocative soundtrack and passionate interviews with Jens Jensen and his acolyte Alfred Caldwell bring this dramatic story to life"--Container. Place of publication from publishers website. Includes Making the movie featurette: Composing for the film.
Summary:
Jens Jensen rose up from street-sweeper to the Dean of American Landscape Architecture. He battled endemic civic corruption to design Chicago's great parks as idealized prairie landscapes; saved the Indiana Dunes from becoming a giant steel mill; and designed over 600 landscapes for clients like Henry Ford and Julius Rosenwald.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)869373135
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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