Potters at Work
 Special Edition DVD restored high definition master from the original negative.
DVD features include:
- 9 page booklet
- documentary on the filming in Onda and Koishibara in 1976
- behind-the-scenes slideshows on the potters, their work and the filming
Filmed in the traditional pottery making villages, Onda and Koishibara on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan. The film presents the workshops of Shigeki
Sakamoto in Onda and Kumao Ohta in Koshibara.
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The Leach Pottery, 1952
 This is the only complete film available on the world-renowned artist potter Bernard Leach.
DVD features include:
- 14 page booklet
- Narration, plus 17 minutes of recently discovered film footage, by Warren Mackenzie
- slide shows of St. Ives and The Leach Pottery in the 1950's
This locally-made film, now restored and released for the first time on DVD with the cooperation of the late Janet Darnell Leach, provides an especially intimate look at The Leach Pottery. More information on The Leach Pottery, 1952 |
Buy both films for $50.
Famed British Potter Bernard Leach worked in Onda and visited Koishibara in 1953 and wrote extensively about both villages in his renowned book, A Potter in Japan, 1960, which was the inspiration for the creation of Potters at Work in 1976.
For More Information
Contact Marty Gross Film Productions, Inc. 416.536.3355 or
email videos@martygrossfilms.com
for more information about purchasing or licensing this film for
broadcast.
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