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Oscar-Contending ‘Frida’ Team On Tracking Down Famed Mexican Artist’s Treasures In Unexpected Places
The documentary 'Frida,' about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, is based on intensive research by director Carla Gutiérrez, producer Katia Maguire & team.
“She said that a big inspiration or reference for her book were these audio recordings that David and Karen Crommie had made for their film about Frida Kahlo,” Maguire explains. In the Coyoacán area of Mexico City stands the Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as La Casa Azul for its striking blue exterior. Some missives evoked one of the most difficult times in the artist’s life, when she hoped to have a baby with Rivera, despite the injury to her abdomen suffered in the 1925 bus accident.
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