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Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan
Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan

Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan

Inner Relate: poetry of Paint, Politics, Place

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Documentary

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Seeing is to painting what listening is to politics. Survival as an artist demands both. Paint Until Dawn is a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (1927-1999), who painted all night to push the limits of vision. His life and thought reveal a correlation between art and activism through an interesting angle: the creative process itself.

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Budget

$78800

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

08 June 2020

Country

Canada

Cast

James Gahagan

James Gahagan

Himself (archival)

Patricia de Gogorza

Patricia de Gogorza

Herself

Gene Lesser

Gene Lesser

Himself

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Herself

George Pearlman

George Pearlman

Himself

Andrea Pearlman

Andrea Pearlman

Herself

Erik Koch

Erik Koch

Himself

Robert Henry

Robert Henry

Himself

Selina Trieff

Selina Trieff

Herself

Catherine Peltz

Catherine Peltz

Herself

Peter Peltz

Peter Peltz

Himself

David Zahn

David Zahn

Himself

Lorna Ritz

Lorna Ritz

Herself

Carl Stallman

Carl Stallman

Himself

Myrna Harrison

Myrna Harrison

Herself

Sam Menashe

Sam Menashe

Himself (archival)

Paulo Gahagan

Paulo Gahagan

Himself

Serena Gahagan

Serena Gahagan

Herself

Veda Gahagan

Veda Gahagan

Herself

George Ray

George Ray

Himself

Lois White

Lois White

Herself

John Mallery

John Mallery

Himself

Andy Leader

Andy Leader

Himself

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