Ghostlight
This film portrait of modern dance legend Martha Graham examines the creative process, as well as important events in Martha's pioneering career. Plays thematically with time and memory, using the act…
Ghostlight
This film portrait of modern dance legend Martha Graham examines the creative process, as well as important events in Martha's pioneering career. Plays thematically with time and memory, using the actual words of Martha Graham who emerges as a passionate, controversial and egotistical modernist icon that she was. —Dan Scheffey A humorous glimpse into the turbulent world of legendary dancer/choreographer Martha Graham. Celebrating her iconoclastic public persona and exploring the complexity of her private demons, this tongue-in-cheek story takes place in the twilight of Martha's career as she prepares herself and her dancers for her new ballet, Phaedra. We follow Martha, encountering the denizens of her eclectic world - Helen Keller, Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli and Halston, to name a few as she struggles to stage her new season in the face of dwindling funds and increasing speculation over whether or not it is time for her to retire. —Lot 47 Films
Ghostlight
Comedy
Film Details
This film portrait of modern dance legend Martha Graham examines the creative process, as well as important events in Martha's pioneering career. Plays thematically with time and memory, using the actual words of Martha Graham who emerges as a passionate, controversial and egotistical modernist icon that she was. —Dan Scheffey A humorous glimpse into the turbulent world of legendary dancer/choreographer Martha Graham.
Celebrating her iconoclastic public persona and exploring the complexity of her private demons, this tongue-in-cheek story takes place in the twilight of Martha's career as she prepares herself and her dancers for her new ballet, Phaedra. We follow Martha, encountering the denizens of her eclectic world - Helen Keller, Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli and Halston, to name a few as she struggles to stage her new season in the face of dwindling funds and increasing speculation over whether or not it is time for her to retire. —Lot 47 Films.