A New Color
Documentary • 56m
This documentary focuses on the life and work of muralist, activist and educator, Edyth Boone, a self-taught artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Filmed over five years, filmmaker Marlene Morris follows the spirited and captivating septuagenarian who became an artist/activist simply because empowering and building community is "the right thing to do." When a personal tragedy ignites a national outcry, everything that Edyth has worked so tirelessly for is at stake.
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