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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary The Barefoot Artist traces Lily Yeh's evolution as an artist – from her first exposure to Chinese landscape painting as a young girl in China to the hauntingly beautiful memorial she designed to honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It shows her methodology for community building – using art as the foundation – which she has ...

Directed By: Glenn Holsten, Daniel Traub

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 23 m

The Barefoot Artist

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Summary The Barefoot Artist traces Lily Yeh's evolution as an artist – from her first exposure to Chinese landscape painting as a young girl in China to the hauntingly beautiful memorial she designed to honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It shows her methodology for community building – using art as the foundation – which she has ...

Directed By: Glenn Holsten, Daniel Traub

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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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70
Dec 17, 2014
A poignant documentary about the transformative power of art.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 4, 2014
Mr. Holsten, was a maker of the winning 2012 documentary “OC87,” a study of obsessive-compulsive disorder. His gift for portraiture shows only further refinement here.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 4, 2014
We get very little sense of her personal life... Nor do we get much insight into the evolution of her art, which looks fascinating in the glimpses afforded, but is viewed primarily in terms of community art therapy, rather than appreciated as an aesthetic end value in itself. Though these omissions frustrate a bit in retrospect, The Barefoot Artist is nonetheless an engrossing watch.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 4, 2014
Yeh’s charm and compelling story keep things moving along, even as the documentary struggles to find the kind of evocative creativity that she conjures up with her own work.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 2, 2014
The Barefoot Artist, co-directed by Yeh's own son, veers too close to hagiography, and as a result makes Yeh look not so much like a well-meaning global citizen as a bona fide saint.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Dec 5, 2014
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://barefootartistmovie.com/
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