
Master of Light
Rosa Boesten / US, NL, 2022 / 84 min.
In this documentary, Black artist George Anthony Morton tries to find his way in a white art world. By painting his family in the style of Rembrandt, he is able to paint away some of the trauma of his youth.

George Anthony Morton is a classical painter and Afro-American. He developed his talent for painting while serving a ten-year prison sentence for drug-dealing. Having become the first Black artist to graduate from New York’s Florence Academy of Art, he tries to navigate his way through the white art world. He returns to Kansas City to restore his disrupted relationship with his family – mainly his mother. He hopes that painting portraits of his family members in the style of an Old Master he greatly admires, Rembrandt, will help him come to terms with the past.
Details
Director
Rosa Boesten
Production year
2022
Country
US, NL
Original title
Master of Light
Length
84 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
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