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“The Man Behind The Mountain” – An Intimate Look at American Folk Artist Leonard Knight

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Filmmakers Ben Stoddard and David Ehrenreich captured a lovely portrait of American folk artist Leonard Knight before he passed away. Knight spent three decades building Salvation Mountain, a monument to love, in the desert outside Niland, California.

Watch “The Man Behind The Mountain” below.


 

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