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‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners
by Alissa Wilkinson
“...a story that feels like a thriller as well as a metaphor for the way societies treat incarcerated people.”
Faith Ringgold’s Message of Hope
by Hilton Als
“...the point of making work for and with women who have been jailed is to say, by example, that if you can speak—itself an act of defiance—you can say your name.”
A Faith Ringgold Painting Travels From Rikers to the Brooklyn Museum in New Documentary
by Alison Stewart
“Wonderful to see two strong women artists with a similar mission. Ultimately, I learned so much from their experiences.”Paint Me A Road Out Of Here (2024) Film Review
by Jennie Kermode
“Paint Me A Road Out Of Here celebrates the longstanding interconnection of art and activism, even as it too contributes to that revolutionary tide of ideas.”A Rikers Island Painting Goes on a Powerful Journey in New Documentary Paint Me a Road Out of Here
by Abigail Glasgow
“Gund saw in this story a clear metaphor: a beautiful painting went into Rikers and came out destroyed. The same goes for the countless individuals who end up on Rikers, 90% of whom are being held pre-trial.”
by Diane Masciale
“Paint Me A Road Out Of Here” Filmmakers Catherine Gund and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter
“An important topic, an important film”Reviews for February 7th, 2025
by Avi Offer
“...captivating, poignant and empowering.”Cat Radio Cafe
by Janet Coleman
A New Documentary Traces How a Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island Helped Women Break Free
by Grace Ebert
“...it also speaks to the power of community and connection through art and making, particularly in places where despair and degradation are rampant.”'Paint Me a Road Out of Here' Examines Art as Liberation on Rikers Island
by Katie Way
Catherine Gund’s Paint Me a Road Out of Here
by Akané Okoshi
“The film reads as a visual poem for the incarcerated and reminds us of the power of art to imagine a world beyond mass incarceration.”Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ Trailer: Faith Ringgold’s Masterpiece and Its 50-Year Journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum
by Samantha Bergeson
This Week in Documentary
by Christopher Campbell
“captivating”The Fate of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural Is More Complicated Than You Think
by Brian Boucher
“...may Gund and these formerly imprisoned artists help paint us all a way out of this collective prison.”
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM: FAITH RINGGOLD’S FOR THE WOMEN’S HOUSE
by Mark Rifkin
“There is no lazy thinking when it comes to Faith Ringgold.“PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE (2024) opens tomorrow at Film Forum
by Steve Kopian
“This is a super film.”7 things to do in NYC this weekend: Feb. 7 – 9
by Karu Daniels
Yara Shahidi to Executive Produce ‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ Documentary (EXCLUSIVE)
by Angelique Jackson
"...A documentary poem in six verses that explores topics of race and creative resistance." New York Women In Film & Television Presents 11 Film Festival Awards In 2024
by A.A. Cristi
Film Forum to present present the world theatrical premiere of Catherine Gund's Paint Me a Road Out of Here
‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ unpacks the power, limitations of art
by Andy Downing
Paint Me a Road Out of Here
by Hope Madden
15th Women in Media-Newark International Film Festival wraps up this weekend
by Douglas Doyle
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