Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

Name: Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-01-01
Duration: 52 min

This beautiful film is a portrait of the life and work of Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta. Mendieta used her own body, the raw materials of nature, and Afro-Cuban religion to express her feminist political consciousness and poetic vision. Interview footage with Mendieta and her own filmed records of her earthworks and performances are incorporated to render a vivid testament to her energy and extraordinary talent after her tragic, untimely death in 1985.

DirectorBranda MillerDirectorNereyda Garcia-FerrazDirectorKate Horsfield

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
Ana MendietaSelf	Self
RRaquel Mendieta HarringtonSelf	Self
WWallace TomasiniSelf	Self
NNancy SperoSelf	Self
JJohn PerreaultSelf	Self
JJuan SanchezSelf	Self
JJayne CortezSelf	Self
NNancy MorejonSelf	Self
GGerardo MosqueraSelf	Self
MMario García JoyaSelf	Self