Carhenge: Genius or Junk?

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Carhenge: Genius or Junk? is a 2005 documentary about Carhenge. Located in Western Nebraska, Carhenge has become a huge tourist attraction and also a center of local controversy. Creator, Jim Reinders challenges a community's definition of art, freedom of political expression, and appropriate land use development. This documentary focuses on Reinders' plight to erect the monument, then to keep it from being dismantled. It also talks about apsects of public art and how in many forms of art it is often more about group unity than the final end-product. The program runs 26:40.

The director, David Liban is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver. ^[1]

This film has been broadcast on PBS stations nationally, Israeli television, and at the following film festivals and conferences:

Australian International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2006
Berkeley Video and Film Festival, Berkeley, CA - Oct 28, 2005
Boulder International Film Festival, Boulder, CO - Feb 2006
Big Muddy Film Festival Carbondale, IL - Feb 2006
Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, FL - April 2006
James River Film Festival, Short Film Juried Competition, Richmond VA - April, 2006
Trenton International Film Festival, Trenton, NJ - May 2006
The Estes Park Film Festival, Estes Park, CO - September 2006
Spotlight Nebraska Film Festival, Scottsbluff, NE - October 2006
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA - January 13-15 2006
Starz Film Center, Colorado Filmmakers Showcase, Denver, CO - Dec 5th, 2005
Popular Culture Assoc. National Convention, Atlanta, GA - April, 2006
Popular Culture Assoc. Southwest Regional Convention, Albuquerque NM - Feb 2006
University Film and Video Assoc. Conference, Chicago, IL - Aug. 2005
University of Colorado at Denver, Theatre, Film and Video Production Series -Sept., 23, 2005

It has won the following awards:

Nominated for an Emmy - Cultural Documentary- 43rd Midwestern Emmy - 2007
Best Short Documentary, Boulder International Film Festival, February 2006
Grand Festival Award - Berkeley Video and Film Festivals, October, 2005
CINE Golden Eagle, Documentary Short - 2006
1st Place in Short Film Juried Competition - James River Film Festival, April, 2006
Platinum Award - Short Documentary, Houston International Film Festival, April 2006
Telly Award - Bronze, April 2006
Audience Choice Award - The Big Muddy Film Festival
Crystal Award of Excellence - The Communicator Awards, 2006