Mainspring Narrative Films, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit company, produces quality educational documentaries focusing on art, architecture and cultural history. The company strives to foster a greater understanding of our modern world by exhaustively researching the past, and releasing films that often include previously unknown archival imagery and documentation.

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Mainspring is run by Producers Jake Gorst and Tracey Rennie Gorst. Past films produced by this team include:

New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century (2024)
Frey: The Architectural Interpretor (2020, Design Onscreen)
Frey: The Architectural Envoy (2018, Design Onscreen)
The Artist’s Model (2015)
The Nature of Modernism: E. Stewart Williams, Architect (2014, Design Onscreen)
Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island (2012, Design Onscreen)
William Krisel, Architect (2010, Design Onscreen)
Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler (2009, Design Onscreen)
The Rise and Fall of Books (2008)
Desert Utopia: Midcentury Architecture in Palm Springs (2006, Design Onscreen)
Farmboy (2006)
Leisurama (2005)

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