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Showing 1 - 10 of 135 titles with a criteria of Subject is The Politics of Art


Above and Below

Artist Tsherin Sherpa's remarkable 19-year journey from Tibetan Buddhist Thangka painter to global art superstar

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 35 minutes

Alan Magee: art is not a solace

Alan Magee: art is not a solace explores the artist’s subjects, locales, and the historical sources which have sustained his work for five decades. Through his paintings, sculpture, monotypes, music and short films, Magee asks viewers to consider the breadth of human behavior and experience.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 60 minutes

Ana Mendieta: Fuego De Tierra

A powerful tribute to Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta.

Women Make Movies | 1987 | 52 minutes

And Still I Sing

Three Afghan singers fight for women’s rights through music, despite death threats in a patriarchal society.

First Hand Films | 2023 | 90 minutes

Arna's Children

This film by prominent Israeli-Palestinian actor Juliano Mer Khamis tells the story of a theatre workshop with children of the Jenin refugee camp and explores the role of art as a weapon against occupation.

First Hand Films | 2003 | 84 minutes

Artists & Love: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

A story of an ardent love between two women with heroic destinies, united through life and death.

Icarus Films | 2020 | 26 minutes

Bank Job

Artist/filmmaker team Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell investigate how debt is created in our economy, and devise a clever plan to purchase and destroy over $1 million of private debt.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 87 minutes

Beethoven's Nine

When director Larry Weinstein is pulled into his own documentary about Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, his film about war, hope and music's relevance to our society today becomes a deeply personal exploration.

Bullfrog Films | 2024 | 83 minutes

Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa

World-famous Haida artist Robert Davidson stages a potlatch acknowledging centuries of Indigenous abuse by government and colonists, but celebrating the newfound spirit of cultural and societal renewal and reconcilliation.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 23 minutes

Bloodtime

The meanings and metaphors of blood.

Roberta Cantow | 2008 | 20 minutes