Frida Kahlo | Diego Rivera

August 5, 1994 | 6.30 pm
Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

Frida Kahlo lived and worked at the centre of the Mexican Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. At the age of 16 she was involved in a road accider.t that left her in constant pain and subject to a series of operations. Her paintings reflect her constant struggle with her ravaged body. At the same time Frida was hailed as a surrealist by the artist Andre Breton, who described her art as “playing alternately at being absolutely pure and absolutely pernicious.” For her husband the cubist and muralist Diego Rivera her painting “was the greatest proof of the renaissance of the art of Mexico.
Directors: Eila Hershon, Roberto Guerra and Wibke Von Bonin

Diego Rivera, leader of the Mexican Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 1930 is known for the spectacular series of murals he created for public buildings in Mexico and the USA, which unite themes of nature and evolution, drawing a parallel between the evolution of life and the struggle for human dignity. This film explores Rivera’s evolution as an artist, his use of the fresco technique and his politics, creating a fascinating portrait of one of the geniuses of the twentieth century.
Director: Michael Camerin