Phoenix Art Museum
Films are free on a first-come, first-seated basis unless otherwise noted.
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The Americas Series: Informe Toledo (Toledo Report)
March 23, 5:30pm
This film weaves a plot where the passion and mastery of the artist are inseparable from his involvement in historical and social matters. Using a series of 15 self-portrait prints of Francisco Toledo (considered by many to be one of the greatest living Mexican artists), this exciting documentary takes us on a journey from Paris of the 1960s to political conflict in Oaxaca in 2006. Producer and director Albino Alvarez discusses the making of Informe Toldeo. Cocktail reception immediately following the screening.Suggested program donation: $10.
Presented by the Museum’s Latin American Art Alliance; Sponsored by Phoenix College and Consul General de México in Phoenix
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Kid Creole and My Coconuts
March 24, 7pm
This delightful, danceable and very personal documentary memoir chronicles Swiss-born Adriana Kaegi’s adventures as Mama Coconut, cofounder of the 1980s multicultural tropical funk machine Kid Creole and the Coconuts and wife to August Darnell, the mercurial man behind the glamorous combo. Join us for Q&A with Ms. Kaegi following the screening.Runtime: 50 minutes.
Presented by the Museum’s Arizona Costume Institute
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Visual Acoustics
March 28, 1pm
This film celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away in 2009, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images. Introduction by architect Eddie Jones, Jones Studio.Visual Acoustics won the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival; the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Austin Film Festival; the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Lone Star International Film Festival; and Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking at the Newport Beach Film Festival.Runtime: 83 minutes.
Presented by No Festival Required; Sponsored by Woodesign
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