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PBS docuseries “ Becoming Frida Kahlo”, made for BBC, airs last 2 episodes Sept. 26 and Oct. 3
26 September 2023
The three-part documentary was produced by Rogan Productions Scotland for the BBC. Its director is Louise Lockwood, an award-winning filmmaker and fine arts graduate of the Glasgow School of Arts.
"As soon as somebody said the word 'Frida,' I said: ‘Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," says Lockwood. She and her crew spent six weeks filming key locations in Kahlo's universe in Mexico and the United States.
The documentary explores the numerous traumas that Kahlo overcame as well as her victories during a time when women weren't given equal respect as artists or cultural figures. It does this by relying on photographs and the artist's paintings, reading passages from her own and her friends' writings, and conducting interviews with family members, biographers, and academics.
The crew Lockwood worked with was predominately female and included important Mexican contributors like cinematographer Alex Roa. According to Lockwood, the team's primary objective was to understand Kahlo's perspective. The camera acted as Kahlo's eyes when they shot in places that were significant to her, such as La Casa Azul (the Blue House), her birthplace and former residence that is now the location of the Museo Frida Kahlo. "I’d be filming in a place thinking about where she’d be looking. That was my task and challenge, and I quite loved it."
Read here the complete article by the Detroit Free Press.
Other info in my News article dedicated to the BBC airing on March 2023.
