FILM - Frida (2002)
If your Lucky enough to have amazon prime, this is a fantastic biopic of the Mexican artist who KS4 students will learn about as part of the Art program of study.
Dir. by Julie Taymor, available to rent on Prime Video
Frida Kahlo sits on a yellow chair wearing an oversized suit. She is staring at the viewer, surrounded by the thick black locks of her recently shorn hair. The Mexican artist painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair in 1940, a month after her divorce from the famous mural-painter and communist Diego Rivera, closing a chapter in their tumultuous relationship, which is the focus of this biopic. Kahlo’s hallucinatory paintings are the visual touchstone for the film as they end pivotal scenes and inspire its use of nightmarish Day of the Dead puppetry. Furthermore, Salma Hayek’s cheeky, provocative and highly believable portrayal of Kahlo is essential viewing.
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