FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2008
CONTACT: Meg Fullwood
mfullwood@kera.org
214-740-9377
ART&SEEK PRESENTS
RECAPTURING CUBA: AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY
ON KERA-TV
DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Recapturing Cuba: An Artist’s Journey follows Cuban-American artist and Dallas resident Rolando Diaz as he returns to Cuba for the first time since he was a child. Diaz hopes not only to recapture the childhood memories that inspire his art, but to meet contemporary Cuban artists and understand their influences.
Recapturing Cuba: An Artist’s Journey premieres Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. on KERA-TV. It is the first in the series of television programs presented by Art&Seek. Recapturing Cuba is a co-production of Trinity Films and KERA-TV.
Part personal journey, part art-travelogue, Recapturing Cuba is an adventure film with an energetic and charismatic character. The documentary examines the fascinating and seldom seen world of Cuban art as Diaz meets and works with Havana's top artists and discovers a thriving art scene. The experience recaptures the Cuban spirit within him and points his art in a new direction.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Recapturing Cuba is a co-production of the award-winning company, Trinity Films, based in Austin, Texas, and KERA-TV. Filmmakers Harry Lynch and Jeff Fraley produced another art documentary shown on KERA, Making the Modern (2003), about the design and construction of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and recently released Ride Around the World (2006), an IMAX film about the global history of the cowboy. For more information, visit www.trinityfilms.com
Dallas Artist Rolando Diaz is a Cuban-American painter who was born in Havana. He has learned that there are many who go through life with little or nothing they can call their own. As an artist, he has traveled through cities in the U.S. and other countries recalling and painting images of the indigent and raising funds through his art for the poor. For additional information on the artist, please visit www.rodiaz.com
ABOUT ART&SEEK
KERA’s Art&Seek initiative harnesses radio, television, Web and educational resources to explore the intersection of arts, journalism and community building. The initiative includes arts news reports and commentaries on KERA-FM and special presentations and documentaries on KERA-TV. At artandseek.org, KERA’s arts reporter and contributors present featured content; the Art&Seek blog initiates conversations about the arts in North Texas; and the Art&Seek calendar provides quick and easy information about events, connecting audiences and arts groups. The Art&Seek initiative encourages everyone to find, create, discuss and react to the arts in North Texas.
ABOUT KERA
KERA is a not-for-profit public broadcasting organization that is independently owned and operated in North Texas. The station’s services include original television and radio productions, national public television and radio programs, online information and resources at kera.org and an educational resource center that develops outreach programs for children, families and educators.
KERA productions have earned the highest accolades bestowed by the broadcasting industry, including Peabody, duPont, Emmy, Clarion (Association of Women in Communications), Gold Camera Award (the U.S. International Film and Video Festival), Texas Gavel (State Bar of Texas), Anson Jones for In-Depth Television (Texas Medical Association), International Health and Medical Award for Community Health, Chicago International Film Festival's Silver Plaque, Lone Star Emmy, INTERCOM Competition’s Gold Plaque, American Association of Museums’ Gold Muse Award, National Telecommunications and Education Association, and many more.
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