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film meets art Sa nt a Fe Film Fe stiva l s cre e ns a rt for wa rd ne w wor ks at ve nue s a round town a nd “crawls” Ca nyon Roa d
Above: American Epic, narrated by Robert Redford, explores how the ability to record sound, developed 100 years ago, changed both music and the world. It will be shown Friday afternoon, December 10, 1 pm at CCA. Right: Agnes Martin was a highly influential abstract artist, and by all accounts an idiosyncratic and, at times, difficult person. Mary Lance’s documentary, featuring Martin in the last years of her life, shows the artist at work and speaking about her methods and her life. Friday afternoon, December 9, 3 pm, at Jean Cocteau Cinema.
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The 2016 Santa Fe Film Festival is partnering with over 30 Canyon Road art galleries on Friday, December 9, for a unique experience: the Canyon Road ARTCRAWL—presented by Christopher Foundation for the Arts and the Canyon Road Merchant Association—a real-life follow-up to several artfocused films the Festival will be showing over this weekend. A free shuttle will carry viewers to and from Canyon Road, the screening venues, and around downtown. Artists featured during the Santa Fe Film Festival include Steven Paul Judd (currently showing his work at POP Gallery), whose award-winning films Dig It If You Can (biographical, by Kyle Bell) and the short-short stop-motions Neil Discovers the Moon and First Contact (codirected by Ryan Redcorn of the 1491s) will all be screened. The 2002 documentary Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World (produced and directed by Mary Lance) will show at Jean Cocteau Cinema on Friday, December 9, at 3 pm. A photographic essay about Martin (1912–2004), the abstract artist who spent much of her life in New Mexico, is currently on display in the New Mexico History Museum’s exhibit Agnes Martin and Me, by photographer Donald Woodman. Other art-focused films screening this weekend include American Epic: Out of the Many, the One (84 mins.), directed by Bernard MacMahon and narrated by Robert Redford; Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray, a 58-minute documentary feature by Kristi Zea, narrated by Meryl Streep reading from Murray’s journals; the 65-minute Hawaiian documentary Mele Murals, directed by Tadeshi Nakamura; Pamela Tom’s 73-minute Tyrus, concerning Tyrus Wong, the oldest living Chinese American artist, born in 1910; and an exploration into the psychology of art in Mining The Unconscious: Jung & Creativity, 64 minutes, written and directed by Marcella Martin. Santa Fe Film Festival, through December 11, screening times and locations vary (see pages 6–7); $10 per screening, $299 for a four-day VIP festival pass; complete schedule at santafefilmfestival.com Canyon Road ARTCRAWL, December 9, 4–7 pm, free, see page 5 for participating galleries Opposite: Tyrus Wong, now 106 years old, emigrated from China as a small child. He worked for Disney and was the lead artist on Bambi. Pamela Tom tells his story in Tyrus, showing Saturday, December 10, 5 pm, Jean Cocteau.