We greatly appreciate your support of our film Your donation will go towards the hard costs to complete the film before our premiere in February 2025, including: editing, music library, sound mix, archival materials, insurance, graphics, and mastering to PBS specifications.  

We are seeking $100,000 to cover the outstanding costs of completing the film. As of October 2024, we have collected 10% towards this finishing funds budget.  We are grateful for every donation we receive. We will continue to update this page as we get closer to our goal.  

If you are a business interested in corporate sponsorship, World Life Productions can share more information about the benefits of supporting this documentary at various levels – including the opportunity to become a presenting sponsor for film premieres and underwriting the show on PBS. 


A note from the Director, Devon Chivvis:

My grandmother, Nina Bremer began photographing modern homes in the late 1940’s –at first it was out of admiration for these avant-garde designs, but within just a few decades, her photographs would memorialize these homes and the history of the powerful modern movement in New Canaan. 

Inspired by Nina who was an artist and a true New Canaan “modernist”, I began this documentary almost 20 years ago to carry on this legacy. This film is a work of passion, and an homage to my family as well as the artists and intellectuals, risk takers and friends who made New Canaan modern…

I hope the film will give back both by sharing this never-before-told story on-screen, but also by preserving the work of the architects and designers who launched a design revolution from my hometown of New Canaan, CT.
 

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