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M O V I E S
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 “Careful, guys. This corpse is still breathing.
Try to get me there in one piece. “

FRIDA
The marvelous 2002 movie, which won 2
Oscars, was directed by Julie Tavmor and
written by Hayden Herrera & Clancy Sigal

Selma Hayek - Frida
Alfred Molina - Diego
Ashley Judd - Tina Modetti
Fermin Martinez - Fermin Martinez
Diego Luna - Alejandro ‘Alex’

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
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FRIDA’S FIESTAS: Recipes & Reminiscences
of Life with Frida Kahlo. Guadalupe Rivera Marin,
1994 cookbook of Frida’s favorite recipes, A
personal account compiled by Diego’s daughter.

THE BRUSH OF ANGUISH Martha Zamora
A shorter biography with dozens of color plates

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FRIDA: A BIOGRAPHY
OF FRIDA KAHLO
Hayden Herrara, 528 pp
This is the definitive biography.
It is a well written and superbly
researched account covering all of the many aspects
of both the legend and the person we call Frida Kahlo:
Her historical roots; the context of her Art;
Her passionate Culture; her romantic Politics;
her many Lovers; and, her physical Suffering
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 FRIDA KAHLO:
PORTRAITS OF AN ICON
Edited by: Turner and Throckmorton Fine Art
59 pages, 59 black & white photographs.
Kahlo’s relationship with different photographers is fully
illustrated in beautiful photographs that comprise the book
illustrating her moods, her relationship with Diego, and the
distinctiveness of her fashion. Frida loved the camera because it not only allowed her to recreate her own image, but, it was her desire give the portraits to her friends, so as to remain in the memory of her loved ones. Two texts highlight Frida’s full comprehension in managing her own image and using photographic techniques as a basis for constructing her own painted self-portraits.

 

Recommended Videos

Frida (1988)
Starring: Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola
Director: Paul Leduc
Paul Leduc's FRIDA
On her deathbed, artist Frida Kahlo conjures up images and memories of her life as a painter, revolutionary and woman of the world. Her stormy relationship with muralist Diego Rivera, her tender hospitality for an exiled Leon Trotsky, her struggle for acceptance as an artist, her affairs with David Siqueiros and others, and the travail of her illnesses and injuries are all recalled in a style reminiscent of her own work, simultaneously sophisticated and primitive, flamboyant and delicate.

Image: Blossoms of Fire movieBLOSSOMS OF FIRE by Maureen Gosling, 2000. An exuberant film celebrating the Beauty & Strength of the women of Juchitan, ‘Mexico’s Matriarchs’. Their Zapotec Culture inspired Frida’s style of dress and independent spirit. The film depicts many fine, original examples of the beautiful, vibrantly colored embroidery, & flowery costumes from which Frida developed her own iconic image.

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE Directed by Alfonso Arau, this is a love story about how life used to be in Mexico. This picture set a new epoch in Mexican movies all over the world.

YO LO MENOS DE TODO An obscure video of one of Frida’s inspirational female role-models: Sur Juana Inez de la Cruz. She was a: 17th Century Nun, Mystic, Poet, Composer, and Scientist who lived in Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition. Despite the difficulties created by an oppressive Church, she was sill able to create the space and means to realize her vision.

 

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