RCB Film Club: Frida Kahlo
FRIDA KAHLO
Directed by Ali Ray
Running time: 90 minutes
Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her turbulent life. Produced in collaboration with experts who knew Kahlo, and those that have studied and curated her work, the documentary combines interviews, commentary and a detailed exploration of her art. Filmed at The Blue House in Mexico City, this intimate film offers privileged access to Kahlo’s works, and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience, and her unmatched lust for life, politics, men and women. Delving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo.
Director Ali Ray says:
“Directing this film has totally changed my view on Frida Kahlo as an artist. Beforehand, I hadn’t really given her much attention, feeling a little put off by the ubiquity of her image as an icon on cushion covers and t-shirts. Now, having studied her works closely and understanding their context of time and place, I am utterly gripped. Having access to her personal letters was a key part of making the film, and in my own understanding of her work. It enabled me to see how the fragility and insecurities revealed in her letters were processed through the act of painting. Her meticulously painted canvases were how she interpreted the world, her politics, passions and emotions, transforming them into images of strength, defiance and understanding.”
Date: Saturday 5, 19 December 2020 @ 2 p.m.
Venue: RCB Forum, 2nd floor River City Bangkok
150 THB Tickets available at https://www.ticketmelon.com/rivercitybangkok/artistfilmfridakahlo
Free-entry film talk in courtesy of the Embassy of Mexico
The context of Frida Kahlo is a post-revolutionary Mexico, when Modernism had reached the country and created its own identity among the generation of the “sons and daughters of the revolution”. A representative of the Embassy of Mexico will animate a discussion about the film, by introducing the social, cultural and historical context of Frida Kahlo’s life, followed by interventions from the audience.
Hosted on Saturday 5 December 2020, this activity will take around 20 minutes after screening.
