REMEMBERING THE FUTURE WITH HERB GREENE
A full-length documentary film on Herb Greene and the untold story of Organic Architecture.
In the 1950’s , when the American Dream was being built with cookie cutter architecture, a radical countermovement emerged from an unexpected place.
In Remembering the Future with Herb Greene, an architect explores the complicated legacy of her great uncle and the Organic Architecture movement he pioneered from Oklahoma in the 1950’s.
A feature-length documentary currently in production that delves into the complicated legacy and groundbreaking work of architect and artist Herb Greene, a visionary that rose out of Norman, Oklahoma and went on to influence others around the world.
Filmmaker and architect Lila Cohen embarks on a personal journey to capture the multifaceted narrative of her 94-year-old great uncle, whose brilliance as an architect and artistic vision continues to unfold with profound relevance.
A journey of admiration and discovery, the filmmaker uncovers the intricate layers that surround her great uncle's life from his Jewish upbringing in depression era New York, to pioneering an avant-garde movement under the mentorship of Bruce Goff whose non-conformist pedagogy and counterculture architecture has been often misunderstood.
The film uncovers a story about a family's legacy while unearthing the complex layers of inspiration, prejudice, triumphs, and losses that shaped Herb Greene’s life, revealing the power of creative freedom.
TO ME, ORGANIC MEANS YOU COME TO A PAST WHERE YOU'RE TIED TO BEGINNINGS.
– Herb Greene
The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
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Remembering the Future with Herb Greene also Partnered with the Norman Arts Council in 2021, who received funding from the Kirkpatrick Foundation, for initial filming in Oklahoma.
