The Harvard Five Documentary Screening and Q & A with Director Devon Chivvis

New Canaan Library is delighted to share the incredible film by New Canaan’s own Devon Chivvis. “The Harvard 5: a story of love, architecture, and a design revolution” documentary film tells the little-known story of five ground-breaking architects and designers who ignited a modern design revolution from the least likely place –colonial New Canaan, CT. “The Harvard Five” as they became known–Philip Johnson, John Johansen, Landis Gores, Eliot Noyes, and Marcel Breuer– were fueled by a sense of hope and optimism in the wake of WWII, but their modern ideals and avant-garde designs were met with shock by the locals in this traditional town which did not understand these pioneers –or their ”Kleenex box” houses.

Never-before-seen interviews with John Johansen, the last of the Harvard 5; Pam Gores, wife of Landis; Jens Risom, world-renown furniture designer; John Black Lee, “the 6th” of the Harvard 5; Fred Noyes, son of Eliot; Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows of BassamFellows; Hilary Lewis, Philip Johnson expert and biographer, and more.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Devon Chivvis.