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Leonora in the Morning Light, directed by Thor Klein & Lena Vurma
In the early 1930s, painter Leonora Carrington, a rebel against social expectations, joins the surrealist movement and its iconic figures like André Breton and Salvador Dalí in Paris. A whirlwind love affair with artist Max Ernst confronts her with her inner demons. During the war, Leonora flees to Mexico and finally empowers herself. Today Leonora Carrington is one of the highest selling female painters worldwide, next to Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe.
Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Thor Klein & Lena Vurma, moderated by Pam Grossman