PMA Films: The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival

The PMA is hosting the Maine Jewish Film Festival series and will be facilitating the showing of "The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival". We'll meet in the cafe about 10 minutes before the film starts and can hang out afterwards to talk about the film and how current events can be reshaping art for the future. Tickets can be purchased at: https://mjff25.eventive.org/schedule/679917830db6637863bd2b8a

In my experience, films do not usually sell out and tickets can be purchased at the front but it is first come, first serve for seating. Tickets are $16.79 including fees if buying online in advance.

A visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market. Tamara de Lempicka was the preeminent Art Deco painter, known for her high-gloss sensual nudes and portraits of high society during the Jazz Age. She was marginalized and gained notoriety for her romantic liaisons with her models and her indulgent, decadent lifestyle, but she was so much more.

The film follows this remarkable émigrée as she reinvents herself multiple times, looking behind the veneer of the publicity she generated for herself and examining the bisexual Jewish artist who embodied talent, resilience, passion, and the relentless pursuit of artistic freedom. Told through her never-before-seen 8mm home movies and groundbreaking newly-discovered birth and baptism certificates, our film reveals her true name, heritage, and identity for the first time and will change art history.