THE WOODMANS

Directed by C. Scott Willis
United States, 82 minutes
Documentary
Print courtesy of Kino Lorber
SUN OCT 16 @ 7:00PM
High Street
THURS OCT 20 @ 5:45PM
Salem Cinema

Francesca Woodman’s haunting black and white images, many of them nude self portraits, now reside in the pantheon of great photography from the late 20th century. The daughter of artists Betty and George Woodman, Francesca was a precocious RISD graduate who came to New York with the intention of setting the art world on fire. But in 1981, as a despondent 22 year-old, she committed suicide. The fascinating, unflinching and gorgeously cinematic documentary The Woodmans is a cerebral portrait that weaves the young artist’s work, experimental videos, and journal entries with remarkably candid interviews with the parents who have nurtured her professional reputation these past 30 years. The film grapples with disturbing issues, including the toxic level of ambition that fuels the New York art scene. An indelible portrait, The Woodmans tells the compelling story of a family coming to grips with love, ego, resentment and loss

Filmography: First Feature