Paint Me a Road Out of Here

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Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith's masterpiece "For the Women's House" and follows its 50-year journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in a heartbreaking, funny & true parable for a world without mass incarceration.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

Feb 7

The film has bigger aspirations, connecting art, prisons, activism and an expansive life.

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Eileen G'Sell

Hyperallergic

Sep 19

At best, “Paint Me a Road” indicts the evil of mass incarceration that, for more than half a century, has intensified racial and economic inequalities across the country. At worst, the film indulges in false equivalences between art and human life.

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics (Substack)

Feb 9

Paint Me a Road Out of Here is a captivating documentary that primarily follows the fascinatingly irrational journey of Faith Ringgold’s 1971 painting For the Women’s House.

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

Feb 8

A stirring consideration of the purpose of art in general as a force of liberation.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Feb 7

4.5/5

Like all Gund’s work, this is dense and full of meaning.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Feb 5

Captivating, poignant and empowering.

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Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith's masterpiece "For the Women's House" and follows its 50-year journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in a heartbreaking, funny & true parable for a world without mass incarceration.

Director: Catherine Gund
Producer: Catherine Gund, Tanya Selvaratnam
Distributor: Aubin Pictures
Production Co: Aubin Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 7, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 30m