Remembering The Future With Herb Greene - Salon Screening at Taliesin West

Please join us as The 2026 Arizona Architectural Film Showcase hosts filmmakers Lila Cohen and John Rogers for the "work-in-progress" screening of the unreleased film "Remembering The Future with Heb Greene", a documentary film on architect Herb Greene, a visionary that rose out of Norman, Oklahoma, and the untold story of Organic Architecture.

Sponsors

Arizona Architecture Foundation

Armstrong-Prior

Arizona Preservation Foundation / Preserve PHX

Butler Housing Company

Coldwell Banker Historic Homes Group

DAVIS

Floor Associates

Jones Studio

NOMA Arizona

Papago Scottsdale

John Woodcock Photography

Supporting Sponsors

Friends of the Orpheum Theatre

Taliesin West Foundation

Third Street Theater, Phoenix Center for the Arts

Synopsis
Architect and filmmaker Lila Cohen journeys into the imaginative world of her 94-year-old great-uncle Herb Greene, an architect whose visionary work grew from the avant-garde teachings of Bruce Goff in 1950s Oklahoma. The film uncovers an intimate story of the lifelong search to express human feeling and invites this generation to rediscover meaning.

Filmmaker Bios
Lila Cohen, Director, Executive Producer
Lila Cohen is an architect whose work centers on community-focused collaborations with nonprofits that provide housing for underserved populations in the San Francisco Bay Area. She co-authored Herb Greene’s Generations: Six Decades of Collage Art and Architecture Generated with Perspectives from Science (ORO Editions, 2015) and has presented lectures on Greene’s work at Palm Springs Modernism Week and at universities across the country. As a designer of small-space environments that promote the reuse of materials, she has been featured on Tiny House Hunting and has contributed to international efforts with organizations such as the Mmofra Foundation in Accra, Ghana. Remembering the Future with Herb Greene is her first feature-length documentary and reflects her ongoing research and stewardship of her great-uncle’s creative legacy.
John Rogers, Co-Producer
John Rogers is a founding partner of Ideas in Motion and has worked internationally for more than forty years on a wide range of documentary productions. His recent credits include Director, Producer, and Editor of Rova Channeling Coltrane; Director of Photography for Pursuing Beauty: The Architecture of Bernard Maybeck and Designing With Nature: Arts and Crafts Architecture in Northern California; and Director, Writer, and Editor of A Balcony on the World, a film about the Aquatic Park Bathhouse building in San Francisco. Ideas in Motion has received awards from the Chicago International Film Festival, the Philadelphia International Film Festival, the Intercom Festival, the Cine Latino Festival, and the Tokyo International Science and Technology Film Festival.

About the Venue

Taliesin West is a studio and home developed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Named after Wright's Taliesin studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin, Taliesin West was Wright's winter home and studio from 1937 until his death in 1959. The Pavilion hosts musical performances, lectures and special events with 108 seat capacity, making the space perfect for an intimate conversation on the film and Organic Architecture.

About The Arizona Architectural Film Showcase

The Arizona Architectural Film Showcase is an annual celebration of architecture through cinema, conversation, and community. Presented in architecturally significant venues, the 2026 edition features three documentaries by independent filmmakers curated by Steve Weiss, Executive Director of No Festival Required Independent Cinema.

Founded in 2002, No Festival Required Independent Cinema has been a vital presence in Arizona’s cultural landscape for over two decades. Led by curator and producer Steve Weiss, the organization has presented hundreds of films and special events that champion independent voices and innovative storytelling. Its programming has been recognized by Phoenix Magazine and Phoenix New Times, and it has collaborated with leading institutions including Phoenix Art Museum, SMoCA, and Arizona Opera. Among its many thematic series, No Festival Required has produced acclaimed programs exploring architecture and the built environment, featuring titles such as Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, MALLS R US, and The Competition. Through its thoughtful curation, the organization continues to connect audiences with the art, ideas, and creative communities shaping contemporary culture.

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