The first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, traces his life from childhood through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mural renaissance, his fame as a muralist in the USA, and his later years. The film explores Rivera's life and work, including his stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo and the destruction of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Shot on location in Mexico and the United States, the film includes a remarkable collection of archival film and photographs, much of which has not been seen before. The text is drawn from the writings of Rivera and Kahlo and from other historical texts. Using Rivera's own words, this richly detailed film brings to life the difficulty he faced in his transition from studio artist to public and political artist, and the conflicts that arose from that point onward.

“My paintings are not about what is seen.
They are about what is known forever in the mind.”
– Agnes Martin
“'‘I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate,’ the artist Agnes Martin says in Mary Lance’s touching documentary about her, but it’s a lie. Ms. Martin was full of ideas, and she dispenses them engagingly in the course of the film… She talks about her early childhood on the plains of Saskatchewan. And by the end of the film, Ms. Lance has gently led you to connect that comment with Ms. Martin’s signature style of work: broad horizontal bands of subtle hues Her remembrances of her years in New York and New Mexico are lovely to hear, as are her bits of philosophy.”
– Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times