Synopsis:
Nan Goldin is an artist - and a survivor. Her photographs chronicle
an intensely personal journey through the New York artistic
underground over the last two decades. I'll Be Your Mirror is an
intimate account of Nan Goldin's life and work, from her upbringing
in a middle-class suburb of Washington D.C., to the wild party
years of 1970s and 1980s New York, to the devastating impact of
AIDS on her community over the last decade.
Through interviews with her closest friends and photographic
subjects - and using a combination of Hi-8 video, stills and
specially-shot film - Nan recounts her extraordinary life, and the
creation of a unique photographic record of her generation.
The film features a period soundtrack by The Velvet Underground,
Patti Smith, Television and Eartha Kitt, and original footage shot
by Patrick Duval (Distant Voices, Still Lives).
Festivals:
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Awards:
Special Jury Commendation, Prix Italia
Best Documentary, Montreal Festival of Films on Art.
Synopsis:
Nan Goldin is an artist - and a survivor. Her photographs chronicle
an intensely personal journey through the New York artistic
underground over the last two decades. I'll Be Your Mirror is an
intimate account of Nan Goldin's life and work, from her upbringing
in a middle-class suburb of Washington D.C., to the wild party
years of 1970s and 1980s New York, to the devastating impact of
AIDS on her community over the last decade.
Through interviews with her closest friends and photographic
subjects - and using a combination of Hi-8 video, stills and
specially-shot film - Nan recounts her extraordinary life, and the
creation of a unique photographic record of her generation.
The film features a period soundtrack by The Velvet Underground,
Patti Smith, Television and Eartha Kitt, and original footage shot
by Patrick Duval (Distant Voices, Still Lives).
Festivals:
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Awards:
Special Jury Commendation, Prix Italia
Best Documentary, Montreal Festival of Films on Art.