- The Legacy of Frida Kahlo
- This documentary film is about Hasselblad Foundation International Award winninner photographer Miyako Ishiuchi's encounter with iconic Mexican painter Frida Khalo's personal belongings that were uncovered 58 years after her death. The film shows Ishiuchi shooting photographs of Frida's belongings, Ishiuchi's exhibition at the "Paris Photo," an art exhibition at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris featuring Frida's and her husband Diego Rivera's works. By capturing the production process of Oaxaca's traditional embroideries used for the tribal costume that Frida left, a local festival Day of the dead (Dia de Los Muerto), and a Mexican funeral in a small town, Ishiuchi pursues the sign of how Frida lived and depicts the view of life and death in Mexican culture.
EDN Member
Emi Ueyama
Year
2015
Status
Finished Film
Video