The Barefoot Artist

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The Barefoot Artist

Released Dec 5, 2014

1h 23m

Documentary

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Artist Lily Yeh reveals as personal reason behind her international quest to create community-based art projects in some of the world's most troubled areas.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

A poignant documentary about the transformative power of art.

Dec 18, 2014

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Kate Erbland

The Dissolve

The film skips around from time and place, a handful of transitions are smooth and natural while others don't fare nearly as well, and the effect is choppy and unrefined.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 5, 2014

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

"The Barefoot Artist" is an engaging portrait of Lily Yeh, a Chinese emigre to the U.S. who has made her major imprint creating collaborative art with residents in areas torn by war, poverty and other hardships.

Dec 4, 2014

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Daniel Walber

Nonfics

A remarkably restrained and intuitively beautiful portrait of the relationship between art, its audience and the sadness of both its inspiration and its creator.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 5, 2014

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Shirley Sealy

Film Journal International

There's some powerful material in The Barefoot Artist, but we're presented with only a cursory and unsatisfactory glimpse of it.

Dec 4, 2014

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A WONDERFUL SOUL. CHEERFUL, TOUCHING AND HEALING.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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Glenn Holsten

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Daniel Traub

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Geralyn White Dreyfous

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Michael Aharon

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Daniel Traub

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Ann Tegnell

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Synopsis

Artist Lily Yeh reveals as personal reason behind her international quest to create community-based art projects in some of the world's most troubled areas.

Director: Glenn Holsten, Daniel Traub
Distributor: Paladin
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 5, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 14, 2016
Runtime: 1h 23m

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