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2018 | Color | 82:00

A poetic documentary profile of Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Featuring unprecedented access, the film is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life and art of this intensely private 86-year-old painter and sculptor. Viewers will be inspired as they see Botero’s commitment to a unique artistic vision and his rise from provincial Colombia to become “the Maestro”: the world’s most recognized living artist.


Direction: Millar; Don
Script: Hart Snider, Don Millar
Production: Joe Tucker, Eric Hogan, Lina Botero Zea
Photography: Joe Tucker, Johan Legraie
Music: David Bertok
Art direction: Don Millar
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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