Theme: Fine Art, Fine Artists
Daniels Spectrum
585 Dundas Street East, Toronto M5A 2B7
“Living Canvas”, Dir. Ronnie Cramer (USA)
Canadian Premiere
7:00 Experimental :: Award winning Ronnie Cramer has been a longtime favorite of ReelHeART. He’s an American artist, composer and filmmaker who manages to work both in the underground scene as well as mainstream garnering grants for his work from National Endowment for the Arts. Cramer lives and works in Denver, Colorado.
His latest film is a documentation of the Xcentricity Gallery farewell exhibition in Boulder, Colorado where he captures body painting at a whole new, erotic level.
Tags: Alternative, Erotic, Avant-garde, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Women
“Forty-Seven Views of Leslie Laskey”
Canadian Premiere
Dir. David Wild (USA)
46:14 Short Documentary :: Shot over an 11-year period, Forty Seven Views of Leslie Laskey is a chronicle of the 91 year old artist, poet and legendary teacher, Leslie J Laskey. Often described as passionate, demanding, insightful, magical, inspirational and above all creative. He is a force to be reckoned with, as illustrated in this beautifully shot film portrait.
- Trailer: http://vimeo.com/32112467
- Web: http://leslielaskeyfilm.com/
Tags: Educational, Avant-garde, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Personal Narrative, Biography, Senior/Aging, LGBTTIQQ2SA
“Alumbrones”, Dir. Bruce Donnelly (Brazil, USA)
Canadian Premiere
75:20 Feature Documentary :: This documentary feature looks at the work and lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects and issues, from supply shortages and constant blackouts (‘apagones’) to sex and music. We get to explore each artists’ varying styles, techniques, themes, philosophies and ideas present in their work.
- Trailer: http://vimeo.com/52405079
- Web: http://www.alumbrones.com/
Tags: Educational, Human Rights, Environmental, Culture, Art, Social Issue, Biography, African, Black, Hispanic, Latino