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An Overcom (Italy), French Connection Films (France), Absolute Films (Associate Producer / Italy), and the Estate of Keith Haring Co-Production. 82 min. Italy/France. HD Cam. Produced by Paolo Bruno of Overcom, Eric Ellena of French Connection Films. Gianni Mercurio served as Consultant.

Photos and Images courtesy of The Estate of Keith Haring.

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Music By:
Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away
The Doors - Back Door Man
Patti Smith - Spell
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Jim Carroll - Falling Down Laughing
X - Adult Books
Ella Fitzgerald - All The Things You Are
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Wagstaff’s story is one of personal transformation—from conservative, starchy, Yale-educated preppy to downtown habitué, hipster and experimenter. Both he and Mapplethorpe enabled each other to discover different parts of themselves—both men encouraged the other to mine new territory in the arts and in their personal lives as well. Wagstaff’s death from AIDS, in 1987, and later Mapplethorpe’s, in 1989, marked the end of an era. Black White + Gray reveals the powerful troika these two men formed with Patti Smith, and the influence their collective work continues to have over present-day art and culture.

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]]> http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/the-cool-school-2.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/the-cool-school-2.html Arthouse Films Art Design Los Angeles Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:08 -0500
Made by her grandson, Andrew Neel, this very personal film captures her struggles as a female artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. With unlimited access to photos, video, art, and letters, Neel reveals a portrait of the artist consistent with the themes of intimacy, family, and survival that were so central to her work

]]> http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/alice-neel.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/alice-neel.html Arthouse Films Allen Ginsberg Andy Warhol Art Documentary Modern Art Poetry Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:07 -0500
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Produced by lucid dreaming inc. in association with The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) with funding provided by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by The Japan Foundation, The New York State Council on the Arts, and private donors.

“THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI is, quite simply, breathtaking — one of the most surprising and unshakable documentaries I can recall.” — New York Sun
]]> http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/the-cats-of-mirikitani.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/the-cats-of-mirikitani.html Arthouse Films Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:05 -0500 A short documentary by Tamra Davis which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival features one of the last interviews Basquiat made and some of the only footage of Basquiat in his studio painting and talking about his work. Currently being expanded into a Feature Length Documentary. http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/a-conversation-with-jeanmichel.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/a-conversation-with-jeanmichel.html Arthouse Films Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:02 -0500
In 1973, New York State enacted the Rockefeller Drug Laws, which are the harshest drug control measures ever passed in any democratic nation. President Reagan declared the National "War on Drugs" in 1982 and cited The Rockefeller Laws as the model for new drug regulations. By 1983, 48 states had passed drug control measures based on the Rockefeller Drug Laws. These laws have resulted in the US prison population quadrupling and prisons becoming a thriving, profitable industry. There are currently over two million people behind bars in America. One out of every 38 Americans is currently in prison or on parole and or probation. The US now spends over $100,000,000 dollars a week building new prisons.

In the fall of 2001, Darrell Best was convicted of possession of cocaine. Darrell had been doing handy work at his uncle's house and signed for a Fed-Ex that was addressed to a neighbor. The package contained a pound of cocaine. The District Attorney offered Darrell Best a one-year plea bargain, if he admitted guilt. Darrell refused to take the plea, insisting on his innocence and claiming he wanted to set an example of integrity and honesty for his children. The Judge apologized as he read Darrell Best his sentence, 15 years to life; the minimum sentence he could give Darrell under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The film will bare witness to the devastating impact Darrell's incarceration has had on his family and the noble fight his wife Wanda has launched, in an effort to bring him home.
 
In the spring of 2003, the Best family got a glimmer of hope. An unusual Coalition, helmed by Russell Simmons, assembled to fight the "War on Drugs" and declared that the first battle would be to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The film follows Russell Simmons as he orchastrates a high profile campaign, to raise awareness around the Rockefeller Drug Laws, with the intention of creating tremendous public pressure, forcing the politicians to enact reform. Russell recruits high profile artists such as P Diddy, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Tim Robbins to join the campaign and speak out on the issue; he rallies tens of thousands of people and works throughout the night in heated behind the scenes negotiations with New York State Governor George Pataki and the State's top politicians. The question remains, will they be able to make a deal?

"Lockdown, USA" captures the stranger than fiction, historic series of events as they have unfolded; where the political establishment has been forced to reconcile with the burgeoning power of hip-hop.

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in May 2006. Silvedocs Festival 2006. Cinequest Festival 2007.

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Produced by agnes b and Lovestreams Productions

]]> http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/next-a-primer-on-urban-paintin.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/next-a-primer-on-urban-paintin.html Arthouse Films Documentary Graffiti Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:03 -0500 ]]> http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/painters-painting-ny-art-scene.html http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/2007/10/painters-painting-ny-art-scene.html Arthouse Films Art Painting Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:45:24 -0500
In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith’s rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith’s vaulted archives.  Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith’s friends and enemies (such as screenwriter/playwright Ronald Tavel, New York Observer critic Andrew Sarris, transvestite extraordinaire Mario Montez, and filmmaker Ken Jacobs) intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics and institutional-art “gatekeepers.” Jordan also delves into Smith’s tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol—who adopted Smith’s ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith’s “Superstars” concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics.

From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America’s most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism and meaning in contemporary art.  Since his 1989 death, Smith’s work has been rarely publicly displayed.  Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York’s ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground.

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—Steven Jenkins, San Francisco Film Festival
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Iconic photographs of Beard's legendary past are revisited and for the first time we hear the stories about making Beard's first book End f the Game, his appearance underground classic Hallelujah the Hills, his fortuitous meeting with British painter Francis Bacon, his friendship with Andy Warhol and his youthful acquaintance with writer Karen Blixen.

Narrated by Charlotte Rampling, with additional voice over by Julie Delpy. Features rare and never-before-seen footage of Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Francis Bacon, Jonas Mekas, and many others. Includes a collection of Beard's photographs and artwork.


The merit of Scrapbooks From Africa and Beyond is to show the real Peter Beard. The legend is almost perfect. — Libération

As a photographer, painter and writer who relentlessly fought for the defense of Africa's fauna, Peter Beard offers a different point of view on this continent. Whether fascinated or irritated...no one is left unmoved. — Le Figaro

Both a fashion world icon and an artist with a Yale degree, Beard exudes charisma and excess. A portrait of an irresistible dandy. —Vogue Hommes International

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