18 January 1996 Factual 82 mins
This is multifaceted look at the landscape and history of Utah (or Deseret, as the Mormon Church prefers to call it). Benning condenses 93 news stories from the New York Times from 1852 to 1992 (read offscreen by Fred Gardner) and sets them against contemporary Utah landscapes, the shots changing with each sentence.
Watch the official Deseret 1996 trailer in HD below or find more Deseret videos on Vidimovie.
United States 18 January 1996
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Deseret:
"Deseret" es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película ...
Deseret es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película combina ...
Ed Dimendberg introduces filmmaker James Benning. Before screening his 1995 movie “Deseret” Benning briefly discusses how he compiled 93 sentences ...
Deseret es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película combina ...
Voiceover by Ed Bishop.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1996 The Rockefeller Foundation.
