The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo - Film History Livestream

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo - Film History Livestream

July 6 was Frida Kahlo’s birthday (born July 6, 1907).
Join us for a screening of the excellent PBS documentary film “The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo.”
We’ll view the entire 90-minute film.
During the film there will be opportunities to discuss the film with your fellow participants via Zoom.

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her.
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo explores the 20th-century icon who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics. Rita Moreno – the Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award winning actress – narrates the film.
Emmy Nominated! Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter: her life and art reflected the maelstrom of revolution and culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century. She was at times a socialist, a communist, and a revolutionary. This program presents her life as a reflection of her cultural history, her art and the times in which she lived. The film combines her artwork with photographs, archival films and interviews.
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

YouTube Previously Recorded Programs
Frida Kahlo Portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8m2UlrbF0o
Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism - Art History Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrT0uuZGxFU

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Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organizations Texas History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.

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