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FASHION DOCUMENTARIES
McQueen and I
Louise Osmond · 2011
Profile of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
The September Issue
R. J. Cutler · 2009
Documental sobre Anna Wintour, editora jefe de Vogue durante los últimos veinte años, y todo un icono y una de las personales más influyentes del mundo de la moda y la comunicación de nuestro tiempo. Con su ya famoso look, siempre escondida tras su característica melena y sus célebres gafas de sol, hasta ahora, nunca antes, había permitido que nadie se adentrara en los entresijos de su redacción. R. J. Cutler ha sido el realizador que ha logrado este hito sin precedentes. Con las imágenes e información obtenidas, Cutler introduce al espectador y desvela los numerosos misterios de un mundo que todos creen conocer a la vez que acerca al espectador todo el proceso de elaboración del del número de septiembre de 2007, una edición muy especial y de números de auténtico récord.
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Lorna Tucker · 2018
The remarkable story of iconoclastic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy.
High & Low – John Galliano
Kevin Macdonald · 2024
Fashion designer John Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris.
Fresh Dressed
Sacha Jenkins · 2015
The history of Hip-Hop / Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in-between. Supported by rich archival materials and in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way of life--and the outsiders who studied and admired them – Fresh Dressed goes to the core of where style was born on the black and brown side of town.
Dior and I
Frédéric Tcheng · 2015
Behind-the-scenes documentary revealing what goes on inside the colourful, privileged, and sometimes stressful Christian Dior fashion house.
McQueen
Ian Bonhôte · 2018
Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.
INSPIRING LIVES
Frida
Carla Gutierrez · 2024
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.
Patti Smith: Electric Poet
Anne Cutaia · 2022
At the age of 20, Patti Smith arrives in New York and upsets the codes of rock, poetry, and genre. She has become a living legend without ever leaving the sidelines. A poet, actress, and musician. Also militant. An artist with a thousand lives, now 74 years old. The documentary follows the course of Patti Smith's life. Childhood first, and the artist who says: "I wanted to be someone special. I felt distant. Not just from other children, I felt far from the whole world. I spent my childhood in think I was an alien. " Little Patti grew up in rural New Jersey and received a religious education from her Jehovah's Witness mother. But Patti Smith leaves the movement, which does not suit her artistic inclinations.
Amy
Asif Kapadia · 2015
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Chavela
Daresha Kyi · 2017
Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided by her unique voice, the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
Love, Marilyn
Liz Garbus · 2013
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
SUBCULTURES
Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston · 1991
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
Punk: Attitude
Don Letts · 2005
A documentary on the music, performers, attitude and distinctive look that made up punk rock.
DESIGN DOCUMENTARIES
Helvetica
Gary Hustwit · 2007
Documental sobre el diseño gráfico, la tipografía y en general sobre la cultura visual. La película se centra en la popular fuente tipográfica helvética, que en el año 2007 hizo su 50º aniversario, e incluye entrevistas con los mejores nombres del mundo del diseño como Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, y Lars Müller. (FILMAFFINITY)
