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Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire

Mar 28, 2015

1h 15m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.

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History

Documentary

Production Companies

Fidget Films

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Jeff Bridges

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Dale Chihuly

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Jamie Carpenter

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Fritz Driesbach

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Kate Elliott

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Jiri Harcuba

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Anne Gould Hauberg

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Joey Kirkpatrick

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John Landon

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Marge Levy

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Flora Mace

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Dante Marioni

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