Diego Rivera : Revolutionary With a Paintbox

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Mexican painter and architect, Diego Rivera, is best known as a muralist who established the Mexican Mural Movement with fellow artists Siqueiros and Orozco. This film paints a fascinating picture of the man and his often controversial work, and includes interviews with Carlos Fuentes, Dolores Olmedo and Carlos Monsivais. Home movies with Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky indicate Rivera's complicated relationship with the Communist Party that resulted in destruction of his mural in Rockefeller Center. Archive footage of the Mexican Revolution presents the historic setting for much of Rivera's Mexico City and Cuernavaca murals and his interest in Pre-Columbian indigenous life. A BBC Production
Rescue of a National Treasure (0:16)
The Controversial Artist (3:02)
National Palace Murals (4:11)
Rivera's Youth (2:29)
Bohemian in Paris (1:56)
José Vasconcelos (0:59)
Hostility Toward the Muralists (2:24)
"Creation" (1:24)
"Court of Labors" and "Court of Fiestas" (2:06)
Lack of Social Criticism (2:49)
Chapingo College Murals (3:31)
Communist Ideology (4:51)
Rivera and Leon Trotsky (4:10)
Rivera's Appeal to Women (2:33)
Frida Kahlo (3:12)
Rivera's Murals in America (4:06)
Detroit Mural (2:09)
Rockefeller Center (2:03)
Interest in Pre-Colombian Art (3:39)
"The Nightmare of War and Dream of Peace" (1:36)
Rivera's Death (3:22)
Credits: Diego Rivera: Revolutionary with a Paintbox (0:38)

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