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 "Viva la viva." {'The alive one lives.'} — Frida Kahlo | films & videos |
When Frida Kahlo died in 1954 (at age 47), she left behind a slender body of work,
consisting of 143 paintings of small size, rarely larger than 20 x 30 inches.
Films & Videos
  | "Frida" feature film [Oct 2002] Outstanding! A movie that is very moving, as well as an accurate biography. Directed by Julie Taymor; based on the book by Hayden Herrera; starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Roger Rees & Patricia Reyes; won Oscars for Best Original Score, Best Makeup; Oscar nominations for Best Actress (SH), Best Art Direction, Best Original Song, Best Costumes (Julie Taymor deserved a nomination for Best Director); also won 1 of 4 BAFTA noms; 2 SAG noms, listed on AFI Best 10 Films of 2002 Miramax widescreen DVD [6/2003] 2 disks for $14.99 Buena Vista VHS [6/2003] out of stock/used Buena Vista VHS w/Spanish subtitles [6/2003] for $14.99 Universal soundtrack CD [10/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website • official Miramax movie page |
 | "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo" [1983] by Hayden Herrera Harper movie tie-in 9¼x6 pb [10/2002] for $14.97 Editorial Diana Spanish-language pb [10/98] for $35.00 Harper 9¼x6 pb [10/91] out of print/used HarperCollins hardcover [3/83] out of print/used publisher's author webpage |
 | "Frida: Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life & Art To Film" [2002] Edited by Clancy Sigal & Linda Sunshine, including the screenplay (illustrated) Newmarket Press 10¼x8½ hardcover [10/2002] for $24.50 |
"Frida Khalo and Tina Modotti" [29-minute color documentary short 1983]
DVD available from distributor Women Make Movies •
credits from IMDb
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"Frida Kahlo: Portrait of An Artist" [1983 video] Home Vision color VHS [8/99] for $17.99 |
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"Frida, Naturaleza Viva" feature film [Mexico 1984; USA release 1988] Co-written & directed by Paul Leduc; starring Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola, Max Kerlow & Salvador Sánchez; won Golden Ariel [Best Picture] & 7 Silver Ariel Awards P.W.I. Veracruz DVD [12/2003] for $9.95 Connoisseur color VHS w/English subtitles [12/92] for $29.95 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Frida Kahlo: A Ribbon Around A Bomb" [1992 documentary video] {aka "La Cinta que Envuelve una Bomba"} Co-produced & directed by Ken Mandel; starring Cora Cardona Xystus color DVD Spanish w/English subtitles [6/2003] out of prodn/used Itzcuintli Films color VHS [2/91] for $29.95 Xystus color VHS Spanish w/English subtitles [6/2003] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "Great Women Artists: Frida Kahlo" [2001 documentary video]
Kultur color DVD [3/2006] for $17.99 Kultur color VHS [3/2001] for $19.95 |
 | "A&E Biography: Frida Kahlo" [airdate Oct 2004]
A&E Home Video color DVD [7/2005] for $18.99 A&E sells a VHS version (no entry at Amazon) |
 | "The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo" [P.B.S. tv documentary airdate March 2005] Written & directed by Amy Stechler Burns; starring Lila Downs & Rita Moreno P.B.S. fullscreen color DVD [2/2006] for $22.99 P.B.S. widescreen? color DVD [3/2005] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb P.B.S. movie site • WETA-TV press info pages |
Books By or About Frida Kahlo
http://www.amazon.com/Frida-Kahlo-Photos-James-Oles/dp/8492480750/
http://www.amazon.com/Frida-Kahlo-Retrospective-Helga-Prignitz-Poda/dp/3791350102/
http://www.amazon.com/Self-Portrait-Velvet-Dress-Fashion/dp/0811863441/
 | "Frida Kahlo: An Open Life" [1983] by Raquel Tibol, translated by Elinor Randall Univ New Mexico Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used Univ New Mexico Press 8x5½ pb [7/99] for $11.53 original Spanish text "Frida Kahlo: Una Vida Abierta" Univ Nacional Autonoma 8¼x5½ pb [1/2002] for $19.95 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish" [1990] by Martha Zamora, translated by Marilyn Sode Smith Chronicle Books 12x9 pb [8/93] for $16.07 Chronicle Books hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
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"Frida Kahlo" [young adult 1991] by Malka Drucker Univ NM Press 8¼x5.4 pb [10/95] for $10.36 Bantam 8.6x6 hardcover [10/91] out of print/used |
 | "Frida Kahlo: The Paintings" [1991] by Hayden Herrera Harper 10x10 pb [6/2002] for $20.22 HarperCollins hardcover [12/91] out of print/used |
 | "Frida Kahlo: The Camera Seduced" [1992] by Elena Poniatowska Chronicle Books 11½x9½ pb [11/92] out of print/used Chronicle Books 12x9½ hardcover [11/92] out of print/used |
 | "The World of Frida Kahlo: The Blue House" [1994] from Houston Museum of Fine Arts, edited by Erika Billeter Univ Washington Press 11¼x9¼ pb [1/94] out of print/used |
 | "Frida Kahlo: Mysterious Painter" [1994] by Nancy Frazier Blackbirch Press 9¼x7¼ YA hardcover [6/94] for $24.95 |
 | "The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas" [1995] by Martha Zamora Chronicle Books 7½x6¾ hardcover [9/95] out of print/used Chronicle Books 7½x6½ bargain hardcover [11/95] out of print/used |
 | "In The Casa Azul: A Novel of Revolution & Betrayal" [1996] by Meaghan Delahunt Picador 8¼x5½ pb [5/2003] for $11.20 St. Martin 8¾x6¼ hardcover pb [4/2002] for $25.94 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: Portrait of A Mexican Painter" [1996] by Barbara C. Cruz Enslow Publrs YA 9¼x6¼ pb [8/96] for $26.60 |
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"The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, 1944-54" [1998] Introduction by Carlos Fuentes Bloomsbury pb [11/98] for $23.50 Harry N. Abrams 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2005] for $16.47 Abrams/Abradale 9½x6½ hardcover [3/98] out of print/used original Spanish text & Introduccion de Carlos Fuentes Harry N. Abrams 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2005] for $16.47 |
 | "Devouring Frida: The Art History & Popular Celebrity of Frida Kahlo" [1999] by Margaret A. Lindauer Wesleyan Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/99] for $13.57 Wesleyan Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/99] out of print/used |
 | "Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954: Pain & Passion" [2000] by Andrea Kettenmann Taschen America 9x7½ pb [11/2000] for $7.99 |
 | "Frida: A Novel Based On The Life of Frida Kahlo" [2001] by Barbara Mujica Plume 8½x5½ pb [1/2002] for $11.20 Overlook 9½x6 hardcover [1/2001] for $26.95 |
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"Frida Kahlo by Frida Kahlo" [2001] Edited by Luis-Martin Lozano Bulfinch Press 13.4x12 hardcover [10/2001] for $59.50 Lozano interview [2002] |
 | "Beauty Is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo" [2002] by Carole Maso Counterpoint Press 8½x6 hardcover [11/2002] for $24.00 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: Portraits of An Icon" [2003] Essay by Margaret Hooks Turner 12¼x9½ pb [3/2003] for $40.95 Bloomsbury hardcover [3/2003] for $82.65 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: The Artist In The Blue House" [ages 9-12; 2003] by Magdalena Holzhey Prestel Publng 11x9½ pb [5/2003] for $11.66 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: The Painter & Her Work" [2004] by Helga Prignitz-Poda Schirmer/Mosel slipcase/hardcover [10/2004] for $78.75 |
 | "Escrituras de Frida Kahlo" [2005] Edited by Raquel Tibol Plaza y Janes 9¼x6¼ Spanish-language pb [1/2005] for $14.93 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: En su Luz Más Íntima" [2005] by Raquel Tibol Random House Mondadori 8x5½ Spanish-language pb [8/2005] for $12.89 |
 | "Self-Portrait In A Velvet Dress: Frida's Wardrobe - Fashion From The Museo Frida Kahlo" [2007] Edited by Denise & Magdalena Rosenzweig
Chronicle Books 12x9½ hardcover [6/2008] for $26.40 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself" [2008] by Salomon Grimberg, Foreword by Hayden Herrera Merrell Publrs 8¾x6¾ hardcover [4/2008] for $17.90 |
 | "Finding Frida Khalo: Diaries, Letters, Recipes, Notes, Sketches, Stuffed Birds, and Other Newly-Discovered Keepsakes" [2009] by Barbara Levine, with Stephen Jaycox Two trunks of Frida Kahlo's personal keepsakes were discovered in a warehoiuse in Mexico, and examined & photographed; the contents included 16 small oil paintings, 23 watercolors & pastels, 128 pencil & crayon drawings, 59 notebook pages 73 anatomical studies, 129 illustrated prose-poems, and 230 letters to close confidant Carlos Pellicer Princeton Architectural Press 11¼x8¾ hardcover [9/2009] for $31.50 |
 | "Frida Kahlo: Face To Face" [2010] by Judy Chicago, with Frances Borzello Prestel USA 12¾x11¾ hardcover [9/2010] for $40.95 author's official website |
 | "Who Was Frida Kahlo? (Who Was YA Book Series)" [Grosset & Dunlap 2013] by Sarah Fabiny, Illustrated by Jerry Hoare A biography for young readers of the very independent artist Frida Kahlo of Old Mexico Kindle Edition from Penguin Workshop [12/2013] for $5.99 Penguin Young Readers Group 7½x5¼ pb [12/2013] for $5.68 "¿Quién Fue Frida Kahlo? (¿Quién Fue? La Serie de Libros)" Spanish Edition [2022] Traducción de Yanitzia Canetti Kindle Edition from Penguin Workshop [9/2022] for $6.99 Penguin Workshop 7½x5½ pb [9/2022] for $6.99 |
 | "Viva Frida" [ages 5 & up; 2014] Text by Yuyi Morales, Photographs by Tim O'Meara, A bilingual tribute to Frida Kahlo, a breathtaking mix of text, puppets, fabrics & paintings Kindle Edition from Roaring Brook/Macmillan [9/2014] for $9.99 Roaring Brook Press 10x10 hardcover [9/2014] for $13.22 |
 | "Frida Kahlo At Home" [2016] by Suzanne Barbezat
Frances Lincoln Books 10½x9 hardcover [10/2016] for $25.90 |
 | "Who Was Georgia O'Keeffe? (Who Was YA Book Series)" [grades 3-7; 2022] by Sarah Fabiny, Illustrated by Dede Putra A biography for young readers of the very independent artist Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986] of New Mexico and her friendship with the very independent artist Frida Kahlo [1907-54] of Old Mexico Kindle Edition from Penguin Workshop [9/2022] for $6.99 Penguin Workshop 7½x5¼ pb [9/2022] for $6.99 Penguin Workshop 8x5¾ hardcover [9/2022] for $15.99 |
Stageplays, Other Media
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2001 Spanish-language one-woman play by Humberto Robles
2003 play "La Casa Azul" written by Sophie Faucher, inspired by the writings of Frida Kahlo
http://www.amazon.com/Casa-Azul-Inspired-writings-Absolute/dp/1840023481
"Still Life: A Theatrical and Musical Portrait of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe"
stageplay [2007]
 | written by Harry Clark; directed by Linda López McAlister; starring Sabina Zúñiga-Varela and Nancy Jeris with musicians Carl Bernstein and Christien Beeuwkes; performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA and in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Old Mexico
more info about Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986] |
La Casa Azul: The Musical" [2015]
created by Gregory Glade Hancock, founder & artistic director of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre in Carmel, Indiana
"Trotsky & Frida" stageplay [2015]
 | World premiere performances Oct-Nov 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; presented by the Harlen Group in association with Camino Real Productions; written by Leonard Koel, directed by Harry Zimmer-man; starring Peter Kierst, Miguel Martinez, Ninette Mordaunt, Ama Zathura
more info on the Leon Trotsky [1879-1940] entry at Wikipedia |
"Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism" art exhibit at the Albuquerque [New Mexico] Museum
from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art in Mexico City
February 6th to May 2nd, 2021
"Frida Kahlo: The Life of An Icon" immersive biography exhibit [est. 9/2022] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Immersive Pavilion at 1820 Bellamah Avenue NW, Sawmill District, Albuquerque, NM
closed Mon-Tue, open 12N to 6pm Wed-Fri, 10am to 7pm Sat-Sun; visits take around 90 minutes
Image Gallery
Frida & Diego Rivera
official Diego Rivera [1886-1957] website
Diego Rivera art book catalog at Amazon
Diego Rivera credits [1932-79] at Internet Movie Database
Diego Rivera posters at AllPosters [dot] com {129 items}
Diego Rivera at Artcyclopedia
Diego Rivera at Wikipedia
FB's Diego Rivera fansite
Diego Rivera Studio Museum, DF Mexico
murals curriculum/essays by Susan Norwood
Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Court {murals}
Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum Collection: in English or en Español
 | "My Art, My Life: An Autobiography" [1960] by Diego Rivera, with Gladys March Dover 8¼x5½ pb [1/92] for $8.95 |
 | "The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera" [1963] by Bertram D. Wolfe Cooper Square 9x6 pb [7/2000] for $16.47 Scarborough House 9x6½ pb [10/85] for $24.95 |
 | "Dreaming With His Eyes Open: A Life of Diego Rivera" [1998] by Patrick Marnham Univ CA Press 9¼x6 pb [2/2000] for $17.32 Bloomsbury hardcover [10/98] out of print/used Knopf 10x7 hardcover [11/98] out of print/used |
 | "Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera" [1999] by Isabel Alcantara & Sandra Egnolff Prestel/Pegasus 9½x6½ pb [4/2001] for $9.95 Prestel/Pegasus 9¾x6¾ hardcover [9/99] for $17.50 |
 | "Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals" [1999] by Linda Bank Downs W.W. Norton 12x8 hardcover [2/2000] for $37.96 D.I.A. Rivera Court |
 | "Diego Rivera The Red" [2004] by Guadalupe Rivera Marin, translated by Dick Gerdes Arte Publico Press 8¾x6½ hardcover [12/2004] for $16.29 |
![color photo of Diego Rivera's Detroit Murals at the Detroit [Michigan] Institute of Arts](covers/DiegoRiveraDetroitMurals-color.jpg "color photo of Diego Rivera's Detroit Murals at the Detroit [Michigan] Institute of Arts") |
there is a documentary feature named "Diego Rivera's Labor Legacy: The Detroit Murals" directed by Ann Weisman |
 | "Diego Rivera: The Complete Murals" [2008] by Luis Martin Lozano & Juan Coronel Rivera Taschen 20x13x3½ inches {19½ pounds!} hardcover [1/2008] out of print/used? |
 | "The Lacuna: A Novel" [2009] by Barbara Kingsolver The term 'lacuna' means a missing section of manuscript text. Born of an American father and a Mexican mother, Harrison William Shepherd spends his formative years in Mexico in the 1930s in the household of Diego Rivera, his wife Frida Kahlo, and their houseguest Leon Trotsky. After Trotsky's assassination, Harrison settles down in Asheville, NC and writes historical potboilers. He is investigated as a possible subversive, and wittily and eloquently defends himself before the House Un-American Activities Committee • official book page Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [11/2009] for $9.99 Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [8/2010] for $11.46 Harper 9¼x6½ deckle-edge hardcover [11/2009] for $14.99 |
Other Friends & Family
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was born in July 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico; she survived polio at age 6; she nearly died of injuries from a bus-streetcar
accident in 1925. She married artist Diego Rivera in August 1929, he divorced her in November 1939, and they remarried in December 1940 in California. Frida's health got
progressively worse, and the last few years of her life, she was essentially bedridden upstairs at Casa Azul; she died at home in July 1954 at age 47.
father Carl Wilhelm 'Guillermo' Kahlo [1871-1941] from Germany
first wife Mexican-born María de Los Dolores Eleuteria Clotilde Cardeña Espino Kahlo [] - married in August 1893; she died in childbirth
older half-sister María Luisa Kahlo []
older half-sister Margarita Kahlo []
third half-sister
second wife Matilde Calderón y González Kahlo [] - a mestiza from Mexico City
older sister Matilde Kahlo [1898?-1951]
older sister Adriana Kahlo [1902?-1968]
Frida was Guillermo's sixth child
younger sister Cristina Kahlo Pineda [1908-1964]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_Kahlo
close confidant Carlos Pellicer
houseguest Leon Trotsky [1879-1940]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky
http://museocasadeleontrotsky.blogspot.com/
L i n k s
official Frida Kahlo website
Museo Casa de Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, DF, Mexico
search for books about Frida Kahlo {returns 3,000 titles} at Amazon
Frida Kahlo listing at Internet Movie Database
Frida Kahlo entry at Artcyclopedia
Frida Kahlo entry at Wikipedia
'Portraits of Frida Kahlo' exhibition in Washington DC in 1997
Kahlo/Rivera art & photos gallery at Posters of Santa Fe [NM]
2008 photographs of Frida Kahlo exhibit at Palm Springs Art Museum
Artes e Historia México Frida Kahlo pages
Frida Restaurant in Downtown Beverly Hills, CA
English- & Italian-language fansite
National Museum of Women in the Arts Frida Kahlo page
Brasilian Frida Kahlo fansite (in Portuguese)
French-language article (August 1998)
FB's Frida Kahlo fansite
North Carolina Artists self-portraits fansite
RO's Frida Kahlo Tribute fansite
MH's Artchive paintings fanpage
Colombian gallery fansite
SE's Spanish-language Frida Kahlo fansite
Académie de Grenoble Spanish-language 'Frida & Diego' fansite
KM's 'World of Frida Kahlo' fansite
Frida Kahlo artist page at smog.net
here on the Frida Kahlo [1907-54] Art Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
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