San Francisco Artists Profiled in
San Francisco Artists Profiled in Short Films. San Francisco’s Film Arts Foundation will host the latest installment of its True Stories series Aug. 17, featuring a pair of shorts about the work and legacies of two Bay Area artists.
Jane Levy Reed’s My Eyes were Fresh: The Life and Photographs of John Gutmann profiles of an artist raised in the German-Jewish culture of Breslau and Berlin before religious persecution provoked him to start a new life in the United States. The event’s organizers recognize Gutmann as someone “whose art and life forged a link between the European modernism of the early twentieth century and the burgeoning artistic culture of SF Bay Area in the second half of the century.”
Karina Epperlein’s Phoenix Dance takes a closer look at Homer Avila, a professional dancer who lost a leg to cancer, yet recovered and returned triumphantly to the stage. Epperlein will be in attendance to discuss her film following the screening. [From: blogs.indieWIRE.com: Independent Film]
