ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES - MTV DOC - n Theaters Starting Friday, September 30

 

WATCH THE POWERFUL NEW TRAILER FOR 'ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES' JUST RELEASED TODAY WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW In Theaters Starting Friday, September 30 New York at Quad Cinema Los Angeles at Laemmle Monica Film Center Award-Winning Documentary Feature Awards Contender ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES An Incarcerated Artist. A Secret Masterpiece. Finding a Way to Survive in the Act of Creativity. A story of confinement and freedom, loss and creation. Weaves together animation, artwork, and vérité filmmaking. While locked up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 30-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newspaper. He smuggles out each panel piece-by-piece with the help of fellow artists, only seeing the mural in totality upon coming home. As Jesse’s work captures the art world’s attention, he struggles to adjust to life outside, living with the threat that any misstep will trigger a life sentence. Featuring visual artists Jesse Krimes, Russell Craig, Jared Owens, Gilberto Rivera. Directed by Alysa Nahmias Produced by Alysa Nahmias, Amanda Spain, Benjamin Murray Executive Produced by Sheila Nevins

“Offers an eye-opening look at how one artist is seeking to lift the veil on a part of American society that has been made largely invisible to the public.” – Artnews “A journey of redemption and artistic self-discovery” – Hammer to Nail CREDITS MTV Documentary Films presents an AJNA Production in association with Wavelength and Giving Voice Films. Featuring performances by musicians from Musicambia. Executive producers Sheila Nevins, Jenifer Westphal, Joe Plummer, Patty Quillin, Hallee Adelman & Ivy Herman. Co-executive producers Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman, Sheri Sobrato-Brisson, Ruth Ann Harnisch. Editors Miranda Yousef, Kristen Nutile, and Benedict Kasulis. Animator Molly Schwartz.  Composer Amanda Jones. PRAISE FOR THE ART OF JESSE KRIMES "A carceral magnum opus." – The New York Times "The Sistine Chapel of prison art." – The Philadelphia Inquirer "Jesse Krimes’s stunning panorama—a Pop-Boschian depiction of Earth, Heaven, and Hell—is a monumental collage." – The New Yorker https://krimesfilm.com