Cindy Sherman: Picture This

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Cindy Sherman: Picture This

In this intimate portrait, iconic and legendary artist, Cindy Sherman, reveals her childhood preoccupation with family photos, the reason behind her use of photography, and what challenges she has overcome in her four decades plus career. With self-effacing charm and candor she confesses to competitiveness with male painters, collectors' initial rejection of her work and how her personal shyness drove her to play with costume and identity. Shot on location in her Tribeca and East Hampton, NY studios, Cindy Sherman: Picture This reveals a side of the enigmatic artist rarely seen on film.

Mary Kelly: From Stone to Cloud

“Mary Kelly: From Stone to Cloud” has been accepted
to the London Independent Film Festival

Sunday, April 12th at 4:00 pm
Shorts Block 3
The Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Rd, Whitechapel, London, E1 4UJ

“Mary Kelly: From Stone to Cloud” is an intimate portrait of the Conceptual Feminist artist, chronicling her personal history which led her to leave her hometown in Southern Minnesota and travel the world, becoming invested in the Feminist Movement beginning with the March on Washington in 1963. Since then she has focused her work on Feminist issues including the objectification of women, maternity, and war time atrocities against women and children. From protesting the Miss World Contest in 1971, to staging Feminist inspired happenings during Documenta, Kelly asks, what is the legacy of the Women’s Liberation Movement? In the context of the present moment within which women’s rights are again hanging in the balance, her answer is both plaintive and poetic.

Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman

Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman
has been accepted to the 26th

Screening Saturday, January 31st at 5:00 pm
Shorts Program 4
The Other Space Theater
916 N. Formosa Ave., Los Angeles, CA

In the short film directed by Sophie Chahinian, “Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman,” internationally acclaimed Iranian American artist Shirin Neshat discusses the foremost theme of her work- women’s bodies as a locus for political and religious exploitation. Beginning in the 1990’s with her series “The Women of Allah” and carried through to her most recent exhibition “The Fury,” she continues to risk criticism and judgment as she furthers the issue of women’s rights. She also discusses the distinction between art and propaganda, which is increasingly misunderstood in our current globally divisive environment. “Shirin Neshat: Voice of a Woman” is a timely call to action to people everywhere to unify and fight for equality as women’s rights are being violated and eliminated around the world.