Downside Up - a MASS MoCA documentary (2001) [VHS]

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©2001 New Day Films, produced and directed by Nancy Kelly www.newday.com/films/downside-up

The trailer: • Downside UP - New Day Films - Arts - ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Downside UP A Film by Nancy Kelly how art can change the spirit of a place

What happens when an impoverished, working-class town decides that its only hope for survival lies within the world of contemporary art? Can these disparate worlds benefit each other? And why would they even try?

"Downside UP" captures the beginnings of America's largest museum of contemporary art, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) and the rebirth of its host-city, North Adams. Through the eyes of filmmaker Nancy Kelly and her family, most of whom worked in the factory before it closed, the film renders the subtle changes in the spirit of a region.

"Downside UP" is about the tentative, dangerous notion of hope in a town widely viewed as hopeless.

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"Heartwarming. Humorous. Honest." —North Adams Transcript

"It's a simple, memorable vision of what art can do." —Boston Globe

"A dialogue that transforms the artists, curators, and citizens as much as the town's economy… A warm, open, visually arresting account." —Austin (TX) Chronicle

"North Adams and MASS MOCA present a unique story worth celebrating. This gem of film does just that." —Barry Bluestone Director, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University

"Downside UP" was produced and directed by Nancy Kelly. Co-produced by WMHT, Schenectady and The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Produced in association with ITVS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding was provided by a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary.

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Nancy Kelly

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