Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire (2015)

Genre : History, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 15M

Synopsis

The Pilchuck Glass School outside Seattle has been going for 43 years. Started by Dale Chihuly, when glass in America was at its infancy. This school is responsible for making the US Studio Glass movement what it is today. It's an international institution now, bringing students from all over the world. It started in 1971, during the peace movements, Flower Power and war in Vietnam This documentary tells the story of it's beginnings, and how it's now made the Pacific NW, the largest glass art center in the world.

Actors

Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Narrator (voice)
Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly
Himself
Jamie Carpenter
Jamie Carpenter
Himself
Fritz Driesbach
Fritz Driesbach
Himself
Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott
Herself
Jiri Harcuba
Jiri Harcuba
Himself
Anne Gould Hauberg
Anne Gould Hauberg
Herself
Joey Kirkpatrick
Joey Kirkpatrick
Himself
John Landon
John Landon
Himself
Marge Levy
Marge Levy
Herself
Flora Mace
Flora Mace
Herself
Dante Marioni
Dante Marioni
Himself
Paul Marioni
Paul Marioni
Himself
Richard Marquis
Richard Marquis
Himself
Klaus Moje
Klaus Moje
Himself
Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore
Himself
William Morris
William Morris
Himself
Tina Oldknow
Tina Oldknow
Herself
Charlie Parriott
Charlie Parriott
Himself
Ginny Ruffner
Ginny Ruffner
Herself
Jon A. Shirley
Jon A. Shirley
Himself
Buster Simpson
Buster Simpson
Himself
Preston Singletary
Preston Singletary
Himself
Kiki Smith
Kiki Smith
Herself
Ethan Stern
Ethan Stern
Himself
April Surgent
April Surgent
Herself
Lino Tagliapietra
Lino Tagliapietra
Himself
Isabel Toledo
Isabel Toledo
Herself
Ruben Toledo
Ruben Toledo
Himself
Bertil Vallien
Bertil Vallien
Himself

Crews

John Forsen
John Forsen
Producer
Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
Co-Producer
Tom McGurk
Tom McGurk
Music
Tracy Dethlefs
Tracy Dethlefs
Editor
Paul Eric Miller
Paul Eric Miller
Additional Music
Kent Colony
Kent Colony
Camera Operator
Joseph Hudson
Joseph Hudson
Additional Photography
Keith Bolling
Keith Bolling
Animation Director
Jon Goneau
Jon Goneau
Assistant Editor

Similar

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years.
Trekkies
A hilarious look at the universe's most fervent fans.
God's Not Dead 2
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
Bad Teacher
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Fanboys
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
Ice Princess
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
The Hunt
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Carrie
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Gifted
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Suck Me Shakespeer
A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
Trekkies 2
Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.
The People vs. George Lucas
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Resurrection
In this two-hour special event from The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, previous drag monsters from Seasons 1-3 return for a chance to earn a spot in Season 4 and $20,000 cash.
Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker
The life of a female weaver is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland through the use of expressive allegorical and symbolic imagery in this imaginative take on the documentary form.
Coach Carter
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
David Lynch: The Art Life
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
Miss Americana
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.
The Last Emperor
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Trek Nation
Trek Nation is a documentary film directed by Scott Colthorp examining the positive impact that Star Trek and creator Gene Roddenberry may have had on people's lives as seen through the eyes of his son, Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. ("Rod"). It includes interviews with castmembers and crew from all five Star Trek shows, as well as various fans and celebrities who were markedly influenced by the show while growing up. Rod Roddenberry also visits Skywalker Ranch to interview George Lucas on the influence that Star Trek had on him. Lucas shares how he had gone to Star Trek conventions prior to creating Star Wars.
To the Beat! Back 2 School
Sisterhood is tested, rivalries heat up and new bonds are formed when students go back to their performing arts school to compete for an all-expense paid summer scholarship program to a prestigious Conservatory of Fine Arts.