WORLD PREMIER FILM – THE HARVARD 5: a story of love, architecture, and a design revolution

Purchase a Pre-screening Reception, sponsored in part by Design Within Reach (DWR), and VIP Film Seating ticket ($100) and enjoy a pre-screening reception/meet + greet in the museum sculpture garden adjacent to the theater (21 and older) with reserved VIP seating for the film. 

World Premiere Screening! The new documentary, THE HARVARD 5: a story of love, architecture, and a design revolution tells the little-known story of five ground-breaking architects and designers who ignited a Modern design revolution from the least likely place–colonial New Canaan, CT. “The Harvard Five” as they became known–Philip Johnson, John Johansen, Landis Gores, Eliot Noyes, and Marcel Breuer–was fueled by a sense of hope and optimism in the wake of WWII, but their Modern ideals and avant-garde designs were met with shock by the locals in this traditional town who did not understand these pioneers–or their ”Kleenex box” houses.

Nevertheless, the Harvard 5 found New Canaan’s wooded, rolling hills to be the perfect canvas for experimentation with Bauhaus ideals in design and architecture. From there, they introduced an intellectual movement that changed the landscape of this New England community forever and resonated worldwide.

Through interviews with the spouses, family, clients, and biographers of The Harvard 5, this film weaves together the fascinating personal and professional stories of these architects and designers whose risk-taking would define American Modernism in the 20th–century.

Never-before-seen interviews with John Johansen, the last of the Harvard 5; Pam Gores, wife of Landis; Jens Risom, world-renown furniture designer; John Black Lee, “the 6th” of the Harvard 5; Fred Noyes, son of Eliot; Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows of BassamFellows; Hilary Lewis, Philip Johnson expert and biographer, and more.    

Click HERE to Watch Video Trailer World Life Productions–Executive Producers Alicia Albee and Devon Chivvis; Writer/Director: Devon Chivvis

worldlifeproductions.com

$20 World Premiere Film Only Ticket: Rows A, B & H–P

$100 Pre-screening Reception PLUS Film with VIP Seating Rows C–G

 2.0 AIA LU (Pending Approval)

Things To KnowAges 13 and older
This is an indoor activity
Wheelchair accessible
Parking and handicap parking available
Seated activity
Restrooms are available
No smoking or e-cigarettes

Important InformationReception PLUS Film Tickets for 21 and older.
Film Tickets Only for 13 and older.
6:00–7:00 PM Reception in the adjacent sculpture garden.
7:00–9:00 PM Film screening followed by a moderated panel discussion with the director and special guests.
The organizer of this event is Modernism Week Annenberg Theater Activity.

Check-in Location Annenberg Theater
Palm Springs Art Museum
101 N Museum Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262View Map

Photo Credits: Ben Schnall, World Life Productions, Devon Chivvis{"locationAddressVisibility":"visible"}