White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans is a documentary film produced by Heritage Film Project. The film, produced and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, premiered at the Virginia Historical Society as part of the Official Selection at the Richmond International Film Festival, and was awarded Best Short Documentary, 2015. White is part of a series of biographical sketches on "artists at work" which includes the names of Ernesto Deira, Perez Celis, Andres Waissman, and Humberto Calzada. White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans premiered on PBS on Thursday, July 2.
Video White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans
Argument
White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans explores the working artist John Borden Evans, capturing the quiet and the quotidian elements of life in Virginia's countryside. The settings for the film are the old farmhouses and surrounding rural area of North Garden, in the vicinity of Charlottesville, which are noticeable influences in the subject matter on Borden Evans' paintings. Evans depicts rural landscapes and animals in his thickly painted works, creating texture through build up and scrape away techniques. The title is in reference to the visual fact the production took place in the snow, white is also the prevalent base calor on John Borden's paintings during the period in which the film was produced.
"White: A season in the Life of John Borden Evans", is a close look at an intriguing couple who chartered their own course and made you envious."
"The treatment of each scene mirrors the austere choice of a monastic life in accord with the silence of art and its spirituality. The cautiously crafted composition, and the sensible use of light blend film and theme as one. I felt the hard-work, firm abundant and serious work which makes the film a work of art in it self, a work of art within a work of art " Eugenio Cuttica
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Distribution
"White: A season in the Life of John Borden Evans" is available in the academic market through Alexander Street Press and Kanopy.
Awards
4th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra: 1st. Award. Category: International and European Documentaries, 2017. Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, Virginia: 1st Award. Category: Documentaries, 2015.
References
External links
- White: A Season in the Live of John Borden Evans on IMDb
- Official website
- White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans on Vimeo
- Kanopy Streaming Academic Distribution [3]
- John Borden Evans Facebook [4]
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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