Frida Kahlo

Synopsis

Portrait of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), wife of Mexican painter Diego Rivera, and the creator of highly personal work. Afflicted with illness throughout most of her life, Kahlo painted a striking series of self-portraits refelcting her physical suffering and passion for living. Her work was surrealist and idiosyncratic, combining fantastic and naive elements.
DVD extras: information booklet, picture gallery and trailers. The soundtrack on the DVD offers the choice of English, French and German.

Series

Art Lives, Series

Language

English

Country

Germany

Year of release

2007

Year of production

1982

Notes

Broadcast on C4 on 4/6/83.

Subjects

Art

Keywords

art - modern art; Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954); Mexican art; surrealism; women artists

Credits

Director

Eila Hershon; Roberto Guerra; Wibke von Bonin

Producer

Eila Hershon; Roberto Guerra

Writer

Hayden Herrera

Contributor

Sada Thompson

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

£17.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

62 minutes

Year

2013

Type

VHS

Format

PAL

Availability

Sale

Production Company

Name

RM Arts

Name

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Publisher

Name

Arthaus Musik

Web

http://www.arthaus-musik.com External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

Illuminations

Email

louise@illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Web

http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7288 8400

Address

Studio 121, ScreenWorks
22 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2EF

Notes

Illuminations produces and distributes programmes on arts-related subjects, some of which are made for television and others in conjunction with cultural institutions to accompany specific exhibitions. Many titles are available for sale on DVD, including continuing series on leading contemporary and twentieth century artists and modern architecture, as well as a few programmes on religion, drama, history and ideas.

 

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