Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

Release Date: 1987-01-01

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.

Rating: 10 / 10

Cast

Ana Mendieta

as Self

Raquel Mendieta Harrington

as Self

Wallace Tomasini

as Self

Nancy Spero

as Self

John Perreault

as Self