Carhenge: Genius or Junk?

Carhenge: Genius or Junk? is a 2005 documentary film about Carhenge, an artist's almost-to-scale interpretation of Stonehenge, but built with automobiles instead of megaliths. Located in Western Nebraska, Carhenge has become a huge tourist attraction and also a center of local controversy.

Carhenge: Genius or Junk?
Directed byDavid Liban
Written byDavid Liban
Running time
27 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

In the film, creator Jim Reinders challenges a community's definition of art, freedom of political expression, and appropriate land use development. This documentary focuses on Reinders' effort to erect the monument, and to then keep it from being dismantled. It also addresses aspects of public art and how, in many forms of art, the creative effort is often more about group unity than about the final end-product. The program runs 26:40.

The director, David Liban is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver.[1]

This film has been broadcast on Public broadcasting stations nationally, Israeli television, and at the following film festivals and conferences:

References
  1. "TinyFist Films". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2019-04-30.


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