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Release Date:
February 3, 2020
Original Title:
A Sculpted Life
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Nebraska Public Media
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 27
Littleton Alston’s young life was sculpted by hardship and triumph. Fifty years later, the Omaha artist and Creighton University associate professor of sculpture is the first African American to create a work to be displayed in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. Littleton Alston "A Sculpted Life" follows Alston on his creative quest to understand his subject, Nebraska writer Willa Cather, and explores how personal struggles have shaped his own life."A Sculpted Life" captures Alston as he creates a clay model of Cather in his Omaha studio, visits Red Cloud to explore her childhood home, and begins work on the 7-foot bronze likeness of Cather that will represent Nebraska to millions of visitors from all over the world.
Editor:
Ralph Hammack Jr
Graphic Designer:
Scott Beachler
Post Production Consulting:
John Beck
Producer:
Christine M Lesiak
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