KIDS OF SURVIVAL
The Art and Life of Tim Rollins + K.O.S.
Film Screening at The Warehouse Gallery on March 20, 2008 at 6:30pm
“No less inspiring or heartbreaking than Hoop Dreams.”
~ Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
“Kids of Survival is an inspiring documentary about a small but amazing teaching program tucked into the grim life of the South Bronx…stunning in its visual simplicity and straightforward style. It is a joy to watch.”
~ Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
“Wondrous…astonishing…a joyous celebration.”
~ Mark Huisman, Time Out New York
ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY
Kids of Survival belongs to that breed of documentary that’s stranger than fiction, but just as beguiling. Following artist Tim Rollins and his South Bronx after-school art program for troubled teens, Kids of Survival, is a powerful film about the importance and necessity of artistic creation. Equal parts priest, pied piper, drill sergeant and substitute for absent fathers, Rollins has spent the last twenty years making critically-acclaimed mixed-media paintings in collaboration with K.O.S., a hand picked group of South Bronx teens virtually abandoned by the school system. Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s generous “fly on the wall” technique allows the audience to witness the creative process while intimately getting to know the boys over the course of three years; the kids as well as the art will develop before your eyes. Work by Tim Rollins + K.O.S. hangs in major museums and collections around the world, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
Winner of two National Emmy® Awards
CREDITS
Geller/Goldfine Productions presents Kids of Survival: The Art and Life if Tim Rollins + K.O.S.
Edited by Elizabeth Finlayson, Dan Geller, Eve Goldberg, Dayna Golfine
Music by Todd Boekelheide Cinematology by Dan Geller Sound Recording by Dayna Goldfine
Consulting Editor Gary Weimberg Produced an Directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller
87 minutes
Filmed in South Bronx, New York
Copyright 1996, Geller/Goldfine Productions.
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