About this Event
Join us to screen this fascinating new documentary about the great artist Frida Kahlo - and hear from the director, Carla Gutiérrez.
In this inventive film, Gutiérrez uses Kahlo's own writings and interviews, along with archives and animation to chronicle her life and career from a first-person perspective. Many of the most pivotal moments of her life are described, from her devastating trolley car accident to her complicated relationship with the fellow Mexican painter DIego Rivera, and her affair with the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. The film premiered at Sundance this year and won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award.
"It was an exceptional life, and here at last is a film that not only honors her without resorting to sensationalism but that also lets her speak. At the end of Gutiérrez's fine film, you likely will feel the spell of a remarkable person's company." - Sheri Linden, for
About the Director
Carla Gutiérrez, ACE, is an Emmy and Eddie nominated documentary editor. She edited the Oscar-nominated films RBG and LA CORONA as well as JULIA,the Emmy-nominated PRAY AWAY (Netflix Original, Tribeca premiere).
6 PM Wedneday Oct 16th at Shepard Hall Room 291 at 140th Street and Convent Avenue. #1 to 137th Street, ABCD to 145th Street (take CCNY shuttle bus or walk) Street parking after 6 PM.
Light refreshments provided.
Building and room are accessible for mobiity devices. Event will have ASL and CART services. Light refreshments will be served. Questions about the event and accessibility needs: [email protected].
A presentation of Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY.
Carla Gutiérrez is an Emmy and Eddie nominated documentary filmmaker. Her directorial debut FRIDA, about iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, premiered at Sundance 2024 where it won the prestigious Jonathan Oppenheim Award for Best Editing. FRIDA (TIME Studios, Imagine Documentaries) is an Amazon MGM Studios original and it's currently streaming on Prime Video.
Carla's work as an editor includes the Oscar nominated films RBG, about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and LA CORONA. She edited JULIA, about renowned chef, and television personality Julia Child (Telluride, Toronto Film Festivals, CNN Films); and PRAY AWAY (Tribeca, Telluride, Netflix Original). Carla's work has received awards at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlinale, Outfest, the Critic’s Choice Awards, the National Board of Review Awards and the DuPont Columbia Awards.
Carla has been a creative adviser for the Sundance Edit Lab, and a mentor for the Firelight Producers’ Lab, The Karen Schmeer Diversity Program, and the Tribeca Film Fellows program. Carla is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the American Cinema Editors. She received a Masters in Documentary Film from Stanford University.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The City College of New York, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall Rm 390, New York, United States
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