John Wilson and “The History of Concrete”
John Wilson, the idiosyncratic documentarian behind HBO’s How To With John Wilson, returns with a new feature film, The History of Concrete, a meandering, deeply personal, and darkly comedic exploration of urban infrastructure, artistic process, and the contradictions of modern life.
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