Woman with Flowers
Señora con Flores
United States, Mexico
2011
115 Min
Color
Spanish
A Mexican flower seller’s story of personal tragedy is delicately illuminated in an intimate and moving act of portraiture that is both unsettling and liberating. In her final film, Chick Strand mixes brutal heartbreak and palpable joy into a transformative vision of dignity and vitality. –NYFF
Chick Strand’s posthumously released film reveals her intensive approach to documentary portraiture.
Work by the co-founders of Canyon Cinema screens in Los Angeles tonight and in San Francisco on Thursday.