Deseret
1996•1h 22m•5.6•Released
Documentary
This is multifaceted look at the landscape and history of Utah (or Deseret, as the Mormon Church prefers to call it). Benning condenses 93 news stories from the New York Times from 1852 to 1992 (read offscreen by Fred Gardner) and sets them against contemporary Utah landscapes, the shots changing with each sentence.
Director
James Benning
Languages
English
Studio
The Rockefeller Foundation
Cast
Fred Gardner
Narrator
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