THE VISION was the plan GOD had for my life. The Vision is the true story of the success of Women's professional basketball here in the United States. The American Women's has to leave the country to play professional basketball. Unlike their male counterpart that been playing for decades in their home country. But with the arrival of the Women's Basketball Association WBA the first ever spring and summer Women's Professional basketball league. It finally gives the American woman an opportunity to play professional basketball here in the United States. And that was GODS plan for my life to create that league.

The Vision

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), the most important sculptor of the first half of the 20th century, has been a fascinating and enduring influence on a generation of contemporary American artists.  Insights into Brancusi’s legacy are presented by Carl Andre, Lynda Benglis, Ellsworth Kelly, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, and Joel Shapiro, with additional commentary on Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Isamu Noguchi,and Claes Oldenburg.  In 1995, Anne d’Harnoncourt, Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, asked Checkerboard to document the PMA’s acclaimed retrospective on Brancusi for the Museum’s archive. The resulting footage became the genesis of the documentary.

On The Wings of Brancusi

The film traces Ethiopian abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s preparations for her 20 year career retrospective, leading up to the installation and realization of the survey at LACMA in 2019. The artist offers extensive commentary on her work, her process, and the chronology of her career, from her graduate work at RISD (1996–97) to her current expansive multi-layered canvases.