Earthwork
Watch TrailerIn 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel to become his crew. Over the months it took to complete the earthwork, Stan dealt with a myriad of difficulties in bringing his unique, rural art form to an urban canvas and the many costs his art exacted upon his life. In the process, he unexpectedly encountered the true meaning of his art and it's ultimate, lasting rewards
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2011 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Chris Ordal |
| Runtime | 93 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 10.0/10 (1 votes) |
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The film constructs a quiet yet resilient narrative, relying on the tension between rural artistic obsession and urban indifference. It works with the physicality of the land and the fragility of human connection, exploring what it means to create something ephemeral in a world that values permanence.
What lingers after the final frame is a profound sense of quiet triumph—not in fame or fortune, but in the indelible marks left on both the earth and the souls who worked it. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Chris Ordal
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Alone or with a thoughtful companion, in a quiet moment of reflection.
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