"The most exciting film about a window that I've ever seen"

In 2013, during an inspection of the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church, it was discovered that the Dove Window — which had lit up the sanctuary for 118 years — was falling apart. When the window was made, the revolutionary San Francisco artist Bruce Porter selected a sheet of beautiful blue glass. Yet, a fatal weakness in that glass has now left the window riddled with cracks. Rising to action, the church raised funds and hired Nzilani Glass Conservation, led by Ariana Makau, to try and save the crumbling window. This struggle, which I captured on film for the church and posterity, reveals the challenges and hard choices faced by the artists, conservators, and congregants who became involved.

In 2022 Goldilocks Studios remastered the film, using modern tools and tricks to improve the audio and visual fidelity. It’s been a joy to help this film look and sound the best it ever has, while maintaining the spirit of its original cut — a fun parallel to the restoration work the film documents.