Orr, Diane
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lost Forever, Everett Ruess motion picture
Collection
Identifier: A0707
Abstract
The film Lost Forever, Everett Ruess is a docu-drama by Utah filmmaker and photographer Diane Orr that loosley interprets the story of Ruess, a Los Angeles artist who hitchhiked to Arizona in 1931 where he wandered into the desert alone and ultimately disappeared. His fate remains unknown.
Dates:
2000
SL-1 Film photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P2103
Abstract
SL-1 is a 1983 documentary film by Utah filmmakers Diane Orr and C. Larry Roberts investigating the January 3, 1961 meltdown of a nuclear reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. This collection contains black-and-white photographs of the event collected by Orr and Roberts during the course of their research for the film.
Dates:
1961-1984
SL-1 Film records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2895
Abstract
The film SL-1 is a chilling re-enactment of the first fatal nuclear accident in the United States by Diane Orr and C Larry Robert, indie filmmakers from Salt Lake City. This collection includes flyers, newspaper/magazine clippings, and correspondence, tell of the making of the film, the chronology of events, biographies of the filmakers, as well as reviews of the documentary.
Dates:
1961-1984