Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRIDA KAHLO explores the 20th century icon who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics.
Production
Rita Moreno's voice drips with reverence and shade in equal measure.
Direction
Stechler refuses tidy narratives — Frida stays gloriously contradictory.
Director
Amy Stechler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lila Downs, who voices Frida, is a Grammy-winning Mexican singer who recorded an entire album inspired by Kahlo's diary entries.
Released when Kahlo merchandise was exploding, this doc deliberately complicates the 'sad girl aesthetic' commodification of her image.
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