Carlos Saura Photographer

Jörg Adolph, Gereon Wetzel | Documentary

2017 | 52 minutes | Germany

Legendary Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura unveils his hidden passion: Photography.

Visual Arts Biography Iberian Studies Sociology Cinema Studies Culture + Identity Dance + Performing Arts Fascism + Repression
Synopsis

As a young man, the legendary Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura did not quite know what he would like to become: motorcycle racer, flamenco dancer, or photographer. 60 years, 40 films, and numerous film awards later, his passion for photography runs like a thread through his life.

The documentary follows publishers Gerhard Steidl and Hans Meinke as they set out to release the largely unknown photo oeuvre of Carlos Saura in form of a book. They discover an early phase in Saura’s photography revealing Spain of the ’50s in a new light: impressive black-and-white images of landscapes, villages, culture, and the people of that time beyond the Franco propaganda.

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Main credits

Wetzel, Gereon (filmmaker)
Adolph, Jörg (filmmaker)
Saura, Carlos (on-screen participant)
Meinke, Hans (on-screen participant)
Steidl, Gerhard (on-screen participant)

Other credits

Cinematography, Beto Mendonça, Jeannine Ferreira, Millena Heluana; editor, Jessica Modono.


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Festivals

Master of Art Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Jörg Adolph, Gereon Wetzel

NATIONALITY: Germany

YEAR: 2017

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: German; Spanish; English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

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