Frida (2024, R) | Co-presented with the Sundance Film Festival

· Frida 2024 | R, 87 min. Followed by a conversation with the film’s director Carla Gutiérrez. The Longmont Museum welcomes back the Sundance Film Festival for this special screening of Carla Gutiérrez’s documentary Frida, which premiered at the festival in 2024 and received the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary. Drawing from Frida Kahlo’s diaries, letters, essays, and interviews, Frida offers an intimate journey through the life, mind, and art of one of the 20th century’s most iconic artists. Through rarely seen archival materials and lyrical animation inspired by Kahlo’s paintings, Gutiérrez allows the artist to tell her remarkable story in her own unmistakable voice. Following the screening, Gutiérrez will join a Sundance Film Festival staff for a special conversation about the making of the film and its journey from Sundance to Longmont. Purchase Tickets $12 general admission, $8 members Carla Gutiérrez is an Emmy and Eddie nominated documentary filmmaker. Her directorial debut FRIDA, about iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, premiered at Sundance 2024 where it won the prestigious Jonathan Oppenheim Award for Best Editing. FRIDA (TIME Studios, Imagine Documentaries) is an Amazon MGM Studios original. Her work as an editor includes the Oscar nominated films RBG – about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – and LA CORONA. Carla edited JULIA, about renowned chef, and television personality Julia Child (Telluride, Toronto Film Festivals, CNN Films); and PRAY AWAY (Tribeca, Telluride, Netflix Original). Her work has received awards at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlinale, Outfest, the Critic’s Choice Awards, the National Board of Review Awards and the DuPont Columbia Awards. She has been a creative adviser for the Sundance Edit Lab, and a mentor for the Firelight Producers’ Lab, The Karen Schmeer Diversity Program, and the Tribeca Film Fellows program. Carla is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the American Cinema Editors. She received a Masters in Documentary Film from Stanford University. This program is part of our Thursday Nights @ the Museum series. Join us every Thursday from Sept. 3 until Dec. 10 for concerts, films, and free talks in the Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium. Explore more Thursday Nights @ the Museum programs Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live