Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)

This Oscar-nominated documentary follows Christo and Jeanne-Claude as they conceive and execute Valley Curtain, an immense orange fabric installation stretched across a Colorado mountain pass. Filmed in a direct-cinema style, "Christo’s Valley Curtain" observes the negotiations, engineering challenges, and collective labor that shape the artwork, revealing the process itself as an essential part of the final creation.

• Release Date: 1974-03-10
• Runtime: 0h 26min
• Directors: Albert Maysles, Ellen Giffard, David Maysles.