FRIDA EN EL ESPEJO / FRIDA IN THE MIRROR
WINNER the BEST OF THE FESTIVAL @ Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2009
Official Selection 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival, 2009
Short Film Corner @ Cannes Festival 2009
The power and tenderness of Frida Kahlo was captured by twenty women dressed like her, were recorded on video for 3 hours at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. The same day Adrian edited the video and was presented in the MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project).
CREDITS:
Frida Singer: Mamacoatl.
Music: Greg Landau
Bass: Mirella Leon.
Camera: Sabina Nieto & Adrian Arias.
Poem & Direction: Adrian Arias
FRIDAS: Tsedey Tassew Gebreyes, Paloma Parra, Anais Arias-Aragon, Tiffany Graham, Anna Ciacchella, Jamille Griss, Sachiko Morino, Nadja Haas, Angela Carrier, Diana McCullough, Sabina Nieto, Meklit Hadero, Diana Marcela Suarez-Vargas, Susan Matthews, Joscelyne Riobo, Sofía Riobo, Nina Serrano, Joui Turandot, Alexa Fabrega