What: "Why Man Creates" best short documentary winner in 1968

Where: Wells Library, Room E174

When:  Monday, April 7

Time:  Noon (Bring you own popcorn -- or lunch)


"Why Man Creates" by legendary graphic designer Saul Bass examines our creative nature through an historical overview of human accomplishments, the origination of new ideas, the creative process, and aesthetic criticism. It works to visualize the birth of new ideas and the social reactions to them. And offers an answer to the question, "Why does man create? the idea that people must leave a mark which proclaims their existence and their unique identities.

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