Orozco: Man of Fire (NR)

synopsis

A visually arresting and whimsical documentary portrait of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), whose dramatic life, iconoclastic personality, and dynamic painting made him the conscience of his generation. The artist’s story plays out against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the Great Depression, and both World Wars. After surviving the loss of his left hand and the destruction of two-thirds of his early work by US border agents, he and his colleagues, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, launched the Mexican mural movement that went on to capture the imagination of Depression-era America.