Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Carla Gutierrez wanted to give artist Frida Kahlo to the people, specifically the people of Mexico who call her an icon.

Documentary filmmaker Carla Gutierrez still remembers the moment her obsession with Mexican artist Frida Kahlo began more than two decades ago. “I hadn’t seen her art until I was a freshman in college ...

But in director/writer Carla Gutierrez’s new biographical documentary FRIDA, Frida Kahlo plays herself. Gutierrez’s FRIDA brings fresh insights into Frida Kahlo’s life and work, by putting that life ...

Director Carla Gutierrez on intentionally crafting a documentary about the artist that engages with her writing and her art in revelatory ways. “We knew that it was a bold decision,” Gutierrez told ...

“We wanted to make sure that the audience in a way kind of physically or literally dove into Frida’s heart and into her pool of emotions and was able to like swim in there with her,” Gutierrez said ...

A new documentary uses Frida Kahlo's letters and diary entries to tell the artist's story. Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images; Amazon Prime FridaKahlois arguably the most ...

Frida is not just a documentary about the art and life of Frida Kahlo. Director Carla Gutierrez wanted to use the tools of the format to capture Kahlo’s emotions. Those tools included narration, ...