INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft. Featuring the Saar family (Betye Saar, Alison Saar, and Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia and Watts Towers, Diedrick Brackens, Ayumi Horie, Suzanne Thao, Mandora Young, Tousue Vang, Chef Yia Vang, and Mary Little.
Now streaming on the PBS Video App, craftinamerica.org, and pbs.org/craftinamerica
PBS broadcast premiere December 16, 2022
credits
Executive Producer & Director CAROL SAUVION ∙ Executive Producer & Director PATRICIA BISCHETTI ∙ Senior Advisor JACOBA ATLAS ∙ Editor GILLIAN McCARTHY, ACE ∙ Director of Photography SIDNEY LUBITSCH ∙ Music by LAURA KARPMAN ∙ Producer DENISE KANG ∙ Associate Producer EMILIA SHAFFER-DEL VALLE ∙ Assistant Editor THEO RASMUSSEN ∙ Gaffer MARK MARKLEY, SERGIO CREGO ∙ Assistant Camera RON BAHARA, DAVID JUNE ∙ Sound Recordists DEREK HANSON, THOMAS OROZCO, JASON ISAAC PEREZ ∙ Main Title Crew CAMERA CONTROL INC., SPENCER ADELSTEIN, ELIZABETH CLAFFEY, SAM GODDARD, GEORGE HLADKY, JACOB JOHANSON, JEFF KULIG ∙ Production Assistant LARS WHELAN ∙ Colorist DEAN CHU ∙ Post Production Video LIGHT IRON ∙ Post Production Sound WILD WOODS ∙ Re-Recording Mixer JONATHAN IGLECIAS ∙ Station Relations DE SHIELDS ASSOCIATES, INC. ∙ Production Controller MICHELLE STARKS ∙ Communications Coordinator TERRY DE CASTRO ∙ Media Manager CHRISTOPHER SILAGYI ∙ Archival Materials Courtesy of ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/ SENGA NENGUDI, BART BARTHOLOMEW, SUZANNE BAUMAN/ RYAN BURROUGHS (suzannebaumanfilms.com), DIEDRICK BRACKENS, CHRISTIAN BRUNO & NATALIJA VEKIC, CENTER FOR HMONG STUDIES, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, CITY OF LOS ANGELES, FRIENDS OF WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER, GIBBS MEMORIAL LIBRARY/ MEXIA HIGH SCHOOL, HMONG MUSEUM, AYUMI HORIE, LA CITYVIEW MEDIA GROUP, MARY LITTLE, MIKE SERGIEFF, HERALD EXAMINER COLLECTION/ LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, “SELF MADE TASTES BETTER” INTERVIEW: NIPSEY HUSSLE X BRETT BERISH, CEO AND FOUNDER OF LUC BELAIRE, BUMBU RUM, MCQUEEN AND THE VIOLET FOG GIN, AND VILLON, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, MUSEUM VAN WERELDCULTUREN, NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION ©2022, PHAM, BENTOOGOOD/POND5, ALISON SAAR, BETYE SAAR/ ROBERTS PROJECTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA/ RICHARD W. & LEZLEY SAAR/ HARLAN FELTUS, MICHAEL STARGHILL, LOS ANGELES TIMES PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE, LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY, UCLA, VAN EVERY/SMITH GALLERIES, DAVIDSON COLLEGE, TOUSUE VANG, YIA VANG ∙ Objects in Underwriting Sequence DALE CHIHULY, GLASS BOWLS, MATTHEW METZ, CARVED COVERED JARS, KARYL SISSON, CLOTHESPIN BOWL ∙ Special Thanks ROGELIO ACEVEDO, THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, CRAFT CONTEMPORARY/SUZANNE ISKEN/ANDRES PAYAN ESTRADA, HMONGTOWN MARKETPLACE/ THOMAS HERR, HMONG VILLAGE, CHLOE HORIE, JEFFREY MEYER TURNTABLES, DAVID KCEMM, MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER/ANNIE JOHNSON/BILL DINON, JILL PINKNEY-PASTRANA & VICTOR PASTRANA, TIERRA DEL SOL GALLERY/ PAIGE WERY, SHENG YANG & MAY YANG ∙ Original Production Funding by CYNTHIA LOVELACE SEARS, LILLIAN PIERSON LOVELACE, L.L. BROWNRIGG, CORINNA COTSEN & LEE ROSENBAUM, LEILANI LATTIN DUKE, LOIS U. JECKLIN, BARBARA WALDMAN, RICHARD & JULIE APPEL, GAIL M. BROWN, CATHLEEN COLLINS, JACQUELINE FENTON, ANN RUHR PIFER & JAY KIM, JANE MILOSCH ∙ This program was produced by Craft in America, Inc. which is solely responsible for its content. © 2022 CRAFT IN AMERICA All Rights Reserved.