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The Barefoot Artist
The Barefoot Artist chronicles the long and colorful life of Lily Yeh, an artist who has committed herself to creating community-based art projects in some of the world’s most troubled areas.
Beginning with the creation of an unprecedented sculpture garden in North Philadelphia that became known as the Village of Arts and Humanities, the film also shows Yeh working in various far-flung locations, such as Kenya and Rwanda, where she teaches survivors of war and calamity to make murals and build sculptures drawn from their own experience. Working with Yeh, participants regain hope, a sense of purpose, and a belief that life can be about creation as well as destruction.“Fascinating.” — The New York Times
“A poignant documentary about the transformative power of art.” — Los Angeles Times
“A poignant documentary about the transformative power of art.” — Los Angeles Times
Directors/ProducersGlenn Holsten, Daniel Traub
Director of PhotographyDaniel Traub
EditorAnn Tegnell
ComposerMichael Aharon
DistributionFilm Movement (US and Canada)
Poorhouse International (Europe and Asia)
Poorhouse International (Europe and Asia)
Theatrical releasePaladin, December 2014: Academy Award–qualifying run at IFC Center, New York, and Laemmle NoHo 7, Los Angeles
Official SelectionCarmel Art and Film Festival 2014 · United Nations Association Film Festival 2014 · Louisville International Film Festival 2014 · Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival 2014 · Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital 2014
Screenings and broadcasts
Palm Desert Center, UC Riverside, Palm Desert, CA, March 27, 2024
ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, New York, May 13, 2015
Meaningful Movies, Seattle, Washington, March 27, 2015
Ware Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 13 and 24, 2015
ACME Screening Room, Lambertville, New Jersey, March 27–29, 2015
Mill No. 5, Lowell, Massachusetts, February 5 & 7, 2015
The Smith, Geneva, New York, February 25, 2015
Theatre N, Wilmington, Delaware, January 30–February 1, 2015
Mos Art, Lake Park, Florida, January 23–25 & 27–29, 2015
Geeksboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, January 23–30, 2015
Frontier Cafe, Brunswick, Maine, February 17–22, 2015
Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, February 27, 2015
Laemmle NOHO7, Los Angeles, CA, December 18–24, 2014
IFC New York, NY, December 5–11, 2014
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO, November 7–9, 2014
The 17th United Nations Association Film Festival, at Stanford University, CA, October 24, 2014
Drexel University Arts Administration Graduate Association, Philadelphia, PA, October 23, 2014
The Gendered Planet: Ethics, Ecology, Equity Conference, at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, WI, October 17–18, 2014
Louisville International Film Festival, Louisville, KY, October 11, 2014
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, May 15, 2014
Society of American Mosaic Artists, Houston, TX, May 2, 2014
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2014
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, March 20, 2014
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, March 2, 2014
Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Whitefish, WI, January 12, 2014
Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY, November 16, 2013
Carmel Art and Film Festival, Carmel, CA, October 10, 2013
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, June 19, 2013
Press and interviews
The New York Times, An Intercessor, Straddling Two Families, Andy Webster, December 4, 2014
Los Angeles Times, ‘The Barefoot Artist’ poignant look at transformative artist Lily Yeh, Michael Rechtshaffen, December 17, 2014
Variety, Film Review: ‘The Barefoot Artist’, Dennis Harvey, December 4, 2014
PBS NewsHour, In ‘Barefoot Artist,’ Lily Yeh Confronts Painful Past in Her Journey to Heal Communities Through Art, Victoria Fleischer, December 5, 2014
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Why ‘Barefoot Artist’ Lily Yeh does what she does, Melissa Dribben, May 15, 2014
WHYY, ‘Barefoot Artist’ documents Lily Yeh’s journey through the ‘broken places’
Big Think, How Making Art Can Rebuild Broken Communities, Bob Duggan, May 2, 2014
Nonfics, ‘The Barefoot Artist’ Review: A Bifurcated, Personal Portrait of an Artist at Work, Daniel Walber, 2014
Next Projection, The Barefoot Artist (review), December 5, 2014
Showbiz Chicago, The Barefoot Artist is Beautiful Exploration of Community, Alec Romanov, December 3, 2014
Educational Media Reviews Online, review by Linda Frederiksen, October 23, 2017
The Dissolve, The Barefoot Artist (review), Kate Erbland, December 4, 2014
The Village Voice, The Barefoot Artist (review), Calum Marsh, December 2, 2014
Selected interviews
Way Too Indie, Documentarians Daniel Traub & Glenn Holsten Travel the World with ‘The Barefoot Artist’ Lily Yeh, Zachary Shevich, December 7, 2014
Art For Progress, Behind The Barefoot Artist, Marina Zogbi, 2014
Artblog, podcast with Daniel Traub after the Philadelphia Museum of Art screening, June 2013Show all press and interviews
Los Angeles Times, ‘The Barefoot Artist’ poignant look at transformative artist Lily Yeh, Michael Rechtshaffen, December 17, 2014
Variety, Film Review: ‘The Barefoot Artist’, Dennis Harvey, December 4, 2014
PBS NewsHour, In ‘Barefoot Artist,’ Lily Yeh Confronts Painful Past in Her Journey to Heal Communities Through Art, Victoria Fleischer, December 5, 2014
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Why ‘Barefoot Artist’ Lily Yeh does what she does, Melissa Dribben, May 15, 2014
WHYY, ‘Barefoot Artist’ documents Lily Yeh’s journey through the ‘broken places’
Big Think, How Making Art Can Rebuild Broken Communities, Bob Duggan, May 2, 2014
Nonfics, ‘The Barefoot Artist’ Review: A Bifurcated, Personal Portrait of an Artist at Work, Daniel Walber, 2014
Next Projection, The Barefoot Artist (review), December 5, 2014
Showbiz Chicago, The Barefoot Artist is Beautiful Exploration of Community, Alec Romanov, December 3, 2014
Educational Media Reviews Online, review by Linda Frederiksen, October 23, 2017
The Dissolve, The Barefoot Artist (review), Kate Erbland, December 4, 2014
The Village Voice, The Barefoot Artist (review), Calum Marsh, December 2, 2014
Selected interviews
Way Too Indie, Documentarians Daniel Traub & Glenn Holsten Travel the World with ‘The Barefoot Artist’ Lily Yeh, Zachary Shevich, December 7, 2014
Art For Progress, Behind The Barefoot Artist, Marina Zogbi, 2014
Artblog, podcast with Daniel Traub after the Philadelphia Museum of Art screening, June 2013
Distribution
US and Canada: Film Movement, 237 West 35th Street, Suite 604, New York, NY 10001
Europe and Asia: Poorhouse International, Heike Connolly, heike.connolly@poorhouseintl.co.uk
Europe and Asia: Poorhouse International, Heike Connolly, heike.connolly@poorhouseintl.co.uk