Christo's Valley Curtain

This Oscar-nominated documentary follows Christo and Jeanne-Claude as they conceive and execute Valley Curtain, an immense orange fabric installation stretched across a Colorado mountain pass. Filmed in a direct-cinema style, "Christo’s Valley Curtain" observes the negotiations, engineering challenges, and collective labor that shape the artwork, revealing the process itself as an essential part of the final creation.

Cast & Crew

Director

Ellen Giffard

Director

Albert Maysles

Director

David Maysles

Christo

Himself

Jeanne-Claude

Herself