Museum Town

2019 American film

Museum Town

Directed by| Jennifer Trainer
Produced by|

* Jennifer Trainer
* Noah Bashevkin
* Ivy Meeropol

Starring|

* Nick Cave
* Denise Markonish
* Joseph Thompson
* John Barrett III
* David Byrne
* Thomas Krens
* Ruth Yarter

Narrated by| Meryl Streep
Cinematography|

* Kirsten Johnson
* Dan Gold
* Wolfgang Held

Edited by| Pola Rapaport
Music by|

* John Stirratt
* Paul Pilot

Production
company

THE OFFICE performing arts + film

Distributed by| Kino Lorber

Release date

* March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10) (SXSW)

Running time

| 76 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Museum Town is a 2019 documentary film about MASS MoCA.

The film is narrated by Meryl Streep and scored by Wilco bassist John Stirratt.[1][2][3][4] It had its world premiere at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival in the Documentary Feature Competition category.[5]

## Premise

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Shot over a three-year period, Museum Town profiles the history and identity of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States. The film documents the conceptualization of American artist Nick Cave's critically acclaimed, monumental found-object installation UNTIL, which traveled from MASS MoCA to the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia.[6][7][8]

## References

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1. ^ "'Museum Town' Documents How MASS MoCA Revitalized An Old Mill Town". News. September 10, 2021.
2. ^ "Museum Town". 10 December 2020.
3. ^ Tallerico, Brian. "Museum Town movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/.
4. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (17 December 2020). "'Museum Town' Review: A Love Letter to Mass MoCA". The New York Times.
5. ^ https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/film/2019-lineup/
6. ^ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rethinking-the-town-hall-nick-cave-on-until-his-massive-mass-moca-installation-8218/
7. ^ https://carriageworks.com.au/events/nick-cave-until-2018/
8. ^ https://themomentary.org/calendar/nick-cave-until/

## External links

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* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9617464/
* https://kinolorber.com/film/museum-town
* https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/museum_town