Picturing the Presidents (2009)
• February 10th, 2009 • 1h 10min
Documentary, History
Overview
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
JFK
Released on: 1991-12-20
Drama, Thriller, History
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...
Unprovoked: A Creative Process
Released on: 2021-09-24
Documentary, Comedy, History
Artist Taylor Denise sets out to make her first painting, which also happens to be her largest work ...
Corno
Released on: 2013-03-29
Documentary
A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked ...
Jango
Released on: 1984-10-23
Documentary, History
The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.
Mur Murs
Released on: 1981-09-13
Documentary
Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of t...
Henri Rousseau, or The Burgeoning of Modern Art
Released on: 2016-04-03
Documentary
Henri Rousseau started to paint in Paris around 1880, at the age of 40. This self-taught artist was ...
Schtonk!
Released on: 1992-03-12
Comedy, History
Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with grea...
Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
Released on: 1987-01-01
Documentary
Mircea Eliade was a traditionalist Romanian novelist and philosopher. Following the disaster of the ...
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary, History
Elmyr de Hory was called "The Myth of our Century" when he was revealed as a master forger in 1968. ...
The Death of Jaime Roldós
Released on: 2013-05-01
Documentary
A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his fami...
Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Released on: 2016-01-10
Animation, History, Family
From the time he was a young boy roaming the forests of the unsettled Midwest, Abraham Lincoln knew ...
El universo en una caja
Released on: 2022-10-28
Documentary, History
An account of the life and work of the multidisciplinary Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (187...
The Art of Grieving
Released on: 2022-06-19
Documentary
After the untimely death of his 35-year old brother, an artist explores the questions that surfaced ...
How the Devil Got His Horns: A Diabolical Tale
Released on: 2012-10-29
Documentary
Art historian Alastair Sooke traces the humanization of the Devil figure in medieval art from the te...
1958: Those Who Said No
Released on: 2018-10-06
Documentary, TV Movie, History
On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic b...
Ecuador: The Royal Tour
Released on: 2016-04-02
Documentary
The Royal Tour is a groundbreaking series of television specials, produced and hosted by Emmy Award-...
Volker Bradke
Released on: 1966-12-13
Documentary, History
As the only work in this medium by Richter, the film was created for the exhibition Volker Bradke th...
Be Still
Released on: 2021-10-06
Drama, History
Already a successful portrait photographer, Hannah sets to reinvent this art form. Abandoning hersel...