Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2000

Runtime

1h 14m

Original Title

Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

Production Companies

PBS

Director

Ken Burns

Description

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns directs this engrossing documentary trilogy about the life and work of writer, philosopher, painter and publisher William Segal, a lifelong student of Eastern thought and Western spiritual traditions. The first film in the series shadows Segal in his home art studio; the second follows him to the Vézelay basilica in France; the third accompanies him on the streets of Paris as he prepares for a gallery exhibition.