Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Concrete Andy Watts, 14:39

The juxtaposition of New York City’s concrete with lush greenery inspired CONCRETE, a film about a botanist who decides to make a garden behind his apartment building.

CREDITS

Directed and Written by Andy Watts. Produced by Gaye Lirot and Betsy Alton. Photographed by Patrick Cady. Production design by Bryan Johnson. Music by Randy Lee. Principal cast: Willie
C. Carpenter (as Dr. Lennon Bass), Jasmyn Ledford (Jasmine Gunning), Ephriam, Martell (Victor the Super).

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

1998, Columbia University School of the Arts: Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.