Independent Lens
Season 12 Episode 17 - The Desert of Forbidden Art
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
This story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was stashed in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art survives in times of oppression.
Episodes in Season 12
1
The Parking Lot Movie
60 min
2
Art & Copy
60 min
3
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
60 min
4
The Longoria Affair
60 min
5
Lost Sparrow
60 min
6
Deep Down
60 min
7
45365
60 min
8
The Calling, Part 1
60 min
9
The Calling, Part 2
60 min
10
Men Who Swim
60 min
11
Children of Haiti
60 min
12
For Once in My Life
60 min
13
When I Rise
60 min
14
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
60 min
15
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
60 min
16
Pushing the Elephant
60 min
17
The Desert of Forbidden Art
60 min
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18
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
60 min
19
Waste Land
60 min
20
Marwencol
60 min
21
A Film Unfinished
60 min
22
Bhutto
60 min
23
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
60 min
24
Welcome to Shelbyville
60 min
25
Two Spirits
60 min
