The Woodmans

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Scott Willis’ acclaimed documentary about the life and work of the late photographer Francesca Woodman is a haunting and complex study in the vein of FINDING VIVIAN MEIER and CUTIE AND THE BOXER. Willis probes the Woodman family’s curious devotion to art above all else, and their mixed feelings about the way Francesca’s work overshadowed their own after her untimely suicide.

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Release Date:	Jan 18, 2011
Running Time:	83 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

synopsis

The tragic story of Francesca Woodman, a young photographer renowned for her extraordinary nude self-portraits, is also the story of her brilliantly artistic family. With THE WOODMANS, director C. Scott Willis shows how the struggle for fame in the high-stakes world of art resulted in tragedy, and then in healing and redemption. The fate of Francesca, the youngest Woodman, haunts the family over the years. Willis depicts four lives committed to art, an extraordinary debut film that explores what it truly means to create.