Waissman
Waissman is a documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley featuring the life and works of Argentine artist Andrés Waissman. The film was entirely shot in Palermo a district of Buenos Aires where Andrés Waissman and his wife, art-dealer Gachi Prieto, live and work.
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Promotional artwork | |
Genre | Biography |
Written by | Eduardo Montes-Bradley |
Directed by | Eduardo Montes-Bradley |
Starring | Andrés Waissman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Soledad Liendo |
Cinematography | Eric Elizondo |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Heritage Film Project |
Distributor | Alexander Street Press |
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Original release |
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External links | |
[heritagefilmproject.com Website] |
Waissman was produced by Heritage Film Project as part of series of biographical portraits on contemporary artists from the Americas. The series included previous portraits of Calzada, Ernesto Deira, Pérez Celis, and John Borden Evans.[1]
Waissman premiered on November 23, 2010 on WPBT Channel 2 (PBS),[2] and shown at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) on November 26, 2010.[3][4]
Synopsis
From the intimacy of his atelier in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Andrés Waissman reveals the complex circumstances that contributed to shape his life-time canvas. The fundamental theme of his focus are multitudes, displacement, exodus, ships and migrants, and the diaspora of Jewish in search of the Promised Land. The theme of human tragedy, and Human Rights coexists with the unreal or surreal universe of mythological mammoths, and other fascinating creatures. The attempts to reveal the relationship between the creator and his creatures.
HD | 30 min. | English Distributed by Alexander Street Press and Kanopy
References
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- Estrenan en Argentina el documental ‘Waissman’. MALBA-Fundación Costantini. November 19, 1010
- Arts and Wealth http://en.arts-wealth.com/comment/article_view.php?articleid=13
- Estrenan en Argentina el documental Waissman. Arteenlared | Latinoamerica
- El cine argentino que se viene La Nación, Buenos Aires]