Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (2020)

Poetry of Paint, Politics Place: Inner Relate

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Eli Ives

Synopsis

Seeing is to painting what listening is to politics. Survival as an artist demands both. Paint Until Dawn is a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (1927-1999), who painted all night to push the limits of vision. His life and thought reveal a correlation between art and activism through an interesting angle: the creative process itself.

Actors

James Gahagan
James Gahagan
Himself (archival)
Patricia de Gogorza
Patricia de Gogorza
Herself
Gene Lesser
Gene Lesser
Himself
Jacqueline Scott
Jacqueline Scott
Herself
George Pearlman
George Pearlman
Himself
Andrea Pearlman
Andrea Pearlman
Herself
Erik Koch
Erik Koch
Himself
Robert Henry
Robert Henry
Himself
Selina Trieff
Selina Trieff
Herself
Catherine Peltz
Catherine Peltz
Herself
Peter Peltz
Peter Peltz
Himself
David Zahn
David Zahn
Himself
Lorna Ritz
Lorna Ritz
Herself
Carl Stallman
Carl Stallman
Himself
Myrna Harrison
Myrna Harrison
Herself
Sam Menashe
Sam Menashe
Himself (archival)
Paulo Gahagan
Paulo Gahagan
Himself
Serena Gahagan
Serena Gahagan
Herself
Veda Gahagan
Veda Gahagan
Herself
George Ray
George Ray
Himself
Lois White
Lois White
Herself
John Mallery
John Mallery
Himself
Andy Leader
Andy Leader
Himself

Crews

Eli Ives
Eli Ives
Editor
Eli Ives
Eli Ives
Sound
Eli Ives
Eli Ives
Director of Photography
Eli Ives
Eli Ives
Director
Eli Ives
Eli Ives
Producer

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