PBS to Broadcast Samuel Mockbee Documentary Citizen Architect

Tune in to PBS later this month, when the network will air Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio, a documentary on the architect Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee (1944-2001) and his radical educational design/build program to create architecture that not only elevates the living standards of the rural poor but also provides “shelter for the soul” in Hale County, Alabama. Directed by Sam Wainright Douglas, a veteran filmmaker and Mockbee’s son-in-law, the hour-long film features frank interviews with the Rural