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Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra (1987)

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra (1987)

Documentary
Release Date: 1987, January 1
Directors: Branda Miller, Kate Horsfield, Nereyda Garcia-Ferraz
Cast: Juan Sánchez, Nancy Spero, Raquel Mendieta Harrington, Wallace Tomasini, John Perreault, Jayne Cortez, Nancy Morejon, Gerardo Mosquera

Overview:

This beautiful film is a portrait of the life and work of Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta. Mendieta used her own body, the raw materials of nature, and Afro-Cuban religion to express her feminist political consciousness and poetic vision. Interview footage with Mendieta and her own filmed records of her earthworks and performances are incorporated to render a vivid testament to her energy and extraordinary talent after her tragic, untimely death in 1985.