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Architectural historian Alan Hess will be in person for the screening of Desert Utopia.

This documentary traces the origins and growth of mid-century architecture in the modernist mecca of Palm Springs, California. The city boasts many landmark buildings by such modernist pioneers as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, E. Stewart Williams, Donald Wexler, William Cody and William Krisel. Jake Gorst’s film brings these unique structures alive and features never-before-seen archival footage of the architects and the buildings’ construction that makes Palm Springs a unique gem of design in the desert.