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| Country: | USA |
| Length: | 66 min |
Description:
This documentary explores the life and art of Lonnie Holley, a self-taught African-American artist in Birmingham, Alabama. It follows Holley as he creates a sculptural world from discarded materials in the Birmingham Museum of Art's sculpture garden. His work is both profound and playful, deeply affecting. As the garden expands, Holley reveals a man who has overcome a difficult past. Growing up poor and Black in the 20th-century American South, Holley used art to confront prejudice and hardship, exploring his life and ideas. The film captures Holley's creative process, his interactions with others, and his reflections on the joys and sorrows that shaped his distinctive art.
| Alternative title: | The Sandman's Garden |
| Release year: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Type: | Movie |
| Sub-genres: | folk art outsider art |
