EDUCATOR AT THE MOVIES: FIRST TIME WATCHING FRIDA 2002

FIRST TIME WATCHING THE MOVIE FRIDA FROM AN ART EDUCATOR'S PERSPECTIVE. Frida is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Julie Taymor which depicts the professional and private life of the Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo.

Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera, the film was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Antonio Banderas and unofficially by Edward Norton from the 1983 book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera. Frida received generally positive reviews from critics and won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score among six nominations.