Robert Storm Petersen (1882-1949) was as versatile as he was industrious. That is why his legacy of characters, drawings, paintings, cartoons, comics, and stories is an inexhaustible source of joy and wonder. Hardly any other Dane – apart from H.C. Andersen – has contributed as much to popular culture and linguistic renewal as Storm P. The portrait film sets out to prove this.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been called a geological scandal due to its mineral rich soil. Unfortunately, those minerals, necessary to sustain today's technology, are funding the deadliest war since WWII.
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
What is art and how does it relate to society? Is its value determined by its popularity or originality? Is the goal profit or expressing one's personal vision? These are some of the questions raised as we follow fiercely independent New York artist Robert Cenedella in his artistic journey through decades of struggling for creative expression.
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