Call Her Applebroog

Name: Call Her Applebroog
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 10, 2016
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 72

2016

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: June 10, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her privateThis deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work. [MoMA Doc Fortnight]… Expand

Director: Beth B.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 70 min

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Glenn Kenny

Jun 9, 2016

Beth B is not out to deliver a comprehensive biography. Instead, she achieves a vivid snapshot of a still-vital artist late in a still-purposeful life. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

Jun 7, 2016

It implies that not even the concentrated self-scrutiny required to make art like Ida Applebroog's is enough to make sense of ourselves to ourselves. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Jun 9, 2016

The film is a vehicle for Applebroog-appreciation, daughterly and otherwise. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jun 9, 2016

It's in the more personal moments — such as when the artist enthusiastically describes her painting of an elderly Marilyn Monroe — that it becomes most interesting. Read full review

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