PREMIERING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 at 6:30 PM
On All Platforms: YouTube, APT Broadcast, and the PBS App
In 1989, retired construction worker and Vietnam veteran Joe Minter asked God what he could do to heal the suffering and division he saw in the world. The answer? Art.
Sun., Nov. 9, Monograph will premiere a 30-minute feature on world-renowned artist Joe Minter, exploring his life-long work the African Village in America. The project is a half-acre sculpture experience constructed around his home in the Titusville neighborhood of Birmingham, using found objects, reclaimed metal and store-bought materials. Thousands travel to see his 400-year historical record of Black people in America, from slavery to Jim Crow to convict labor…