Documentary – The Woodmans
Francesca Woodman was a young photographer with a specific vision and the intent to see it through. Often capturing her own frame within the frame, her images were layered and evocative. But driven as she was, something went wrong.
Through interviews (most notably with her parents), diary entries and original footage, C. Scott Willis tries in The Woodmans to discover more about the circumstances of Francesca’s life. It explores not only Francesca’s photography but also the family of artists she came from, bringing up questions about what it is to raise a child in a creative environment, how to foster a child’s creativity and how creative parents might parent differently. It also explores the relationship between the artist’s state of mind and their creativity, for better or worse.
See it here (available until 12 Feb)
