Who Is: Oscar Niemeyer

Describes how Oscar Niemeyer, a Brazilian architect who helped design the United Nations, joined forces with Brazil in 1956 to build a new city and society--Brasilia. Depicts Niemeyer continuing toward the completion of the city which has more aesthetic emphasis than traditional American and European designs. Reveals Niemeyer's disappointment that life continues to be stratified and formalized rather than the hope for new social organization.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record