The History of Concrete
Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson, Josh Safdie, Michael Imperioli, Nathan Fielder, Timothée Chalamet
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.
“His near-surrealism proves to be a realism of wonder—not a paranoid fear of butterfly effects but an art of togetherness, of progress achieved by seeking out others and embracing collaboration. It takes a city to keep a house standing, a road passable, water flowing in or staying out, and it takes a world to keep that city whole. Wilson’s teeming peculiarities explode the presumptions of putative masterminds who, alone, have all the answers. His giddy connections are as beautiful as they are humane. ” ~ Richard Brody, The New Yorker