Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud

Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud

1996 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Documentary

Filmmakers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon profile Richard Buckminster Fuller, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome.

Directed by Kirk Simon

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