Sitting Still Documentary Film Screening & Discussion

The APA-MA Planners' Movie and Meet-up Series

Event: "SITTING STILL Documentary Film Screening & Discussion”

Date: 12.03.26.  Social at 5:30PM,  showtime 6PM

Where: Capitol Theater • Arlington, MA

Cost: $5 for current APA-MA, CPM, BSLA members and students, and $7 for guests.

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Summary: SITTING STILL is award-winning filmmaker Gina Angelone's 8th bold critically acclaimed film on urban design.

This original documentary focuses on one of the world’s most preeminent landscape architects and his profoundly social vision. Hailed as a modern-day Olmsted, Laurie Olin has helped transform the design of public space, revitalize the American city, and pave the way for future design leaders. This portrait of an artist is told through a prism of issues which have defined Olin’s life and work for the past fifty years: urbanization and our lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.

Leading the post-film discussion will be Martha H. Lyon and Karen Janosky!

Martha is principal of Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC, a Northampton, Massachusetts-based practice specializing in planning and design for historic and cultural landscapes. She has long advocated for the importance of hand-drawing and rendering in the design process and continues to use these techniques in her practice today. Karen is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture program, and teaches The Practice of Landscape Architecture as part of the Practice Platform.

This event is approved for 2.0 AICP CE and 2.0 LACES Credits.