Cavedigger

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| director = Jeffrey Karoff

| producer = Jeffrey Karoff

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| starring =

| music = Peter Min

| cinematography = Anghel Decca

| editing = Erin Nordstrom

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| distributor = Journeyman Pictures{{Cite web|website= hazco.co.uk| title = Cavedigger| accessdate = 2019-01-26| url = https://www.journeyman.tv/film/6048/cavedigger?version=24149}}

| released = {{Film date|2013|01}}

| runtime = 39 minutes

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Cavedigger is a 2013 documentary film by Jeffrey Karoff.

Synopsis

This film is the story of Ra Paulette, a man who obsessively digs massive, ornately carved, sandstone caves in Northern New Mexico as art. These works are commissioned by patrons, who envision smaller scale projects, but Paulette often take years to finish, and artistic conflict ensues over money and the scope of the project. All of his caves are created by using just hand tools. The story is the classic battle of how one knows when an artistic project is finished. At the end of the film, we see Paulette start his magnum opus, a cave he expects to take the last 10 years of his life, on unauthorized land, and in secret.{{cite news | first = Sean P. | last = Means | title = Movie review: Short documentaries speak the truth in small doses | date = 2014-02-06 | publisher = The Salt Lake Tribune | url = http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/57479176-223/program-minutes-violence-aging.html.csp | work = The Salt Lake Tribune | accessdate = 2014-02-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140209073747/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/57479176-223/program-minutes-violence-aging.html.csp | archive-date = 2014-02-09 | url-status = dead }} The public can book a docent-led tour by appointment, to "The Windows of the Earth" cave sanctuary -featured in the Cave Digger documentary.{{Cite web|url=http://originnewmexico.com/sandstone-art-caves-origin-new-mexico/|title = » Origin Art Cave Tour – Spring Schedule| date=17 October 2023 }} The resort and retreat venue, Origin at Rancho de San Juan, allows for the only opportunity for public viewing of one this man's amazing "land art" creations.

Awards

class="wikitable" ! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Awards
Award ! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Recipients and nominees ! Result
Academy Award{{cite news \|title=2014 Oscar Nominations \|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees \|accessdate=4 February 2014 \|newspaper=Oscars.com \|date=16 January 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229222408/http://oscar.go.com/nominees \|archivedate=29 December 2012 }} \| March 2, 2014 \| Best Short Subject Documentary \| Jeffrey Karoff \| {{nom}}

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! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards

Award

! Date of ceremony

! Category

! Recipients and nominees

! Result

Academy Award{{cite news |title=2014 Oscar Nominations |url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |accessdate=4 February 2014 |newspaper=Oscars.com |date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229222408/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archivedate=29 December 2012 }}

| March 2, 2014

| Best Short Subject Documentary

| Jeffrey Karoff

| {{nom}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/}}
{{IMDb title|2516860}}
[https://www.journeyman.tv/film/6048/cavedigger Cavedigger] at Journeyman Pictures
[http://everyoscarever.blogspot.com/2014/06/interview-with-academy-award-nominee.html Interview with Director Jeffrey Karoff at Every Oscar Ever]

Category:2013 films

Category:2013 short documentary films

Category:American short documentary films