By the time she died at the young age of 47, Frida Kahlo left behind a huge body of paintings that drew on her personal trials and turmoil. But she never left us with a memoir. Amid the ensuing global phenomenon known as “Fridamania”—in which the painter was immortalised in books and movies as a singular artist, fashion influencer, and queer icon—Kahlo’s own voice has remained largely absent, until now.
Frida, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, is an attempt to bring Kahlo back as she was. Carla Gutiérrez directs the film, which tells the artist's story through the written work she left behind, such as diaries, letters, essays, and print interviews. Additional research included looking through existing biographies and speaking with people like Kahlo's great-niece and husband Diego Rivera's grandson. “The team that our producer Katia Maguire put together had to collect Frida’s writings—and they’re not in one central place. The Casa Azul museum has a lot of writings and photographs, but a lot of her letters exist in other places,” Gutiérrez told Artne
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