
Vanessa Beecroft is obsessively determined to adopt Sudanese twin orphans. Her consuming passion drives her marriage to a breaking point and fuels her controversial art, raising troubling questions about exploitation, culture clash, and the imposition of the West on Africa.... (Full plot summary below)
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Vanessa Beecroft is obsessively determined to adopt Sudanese twin orphans. Her consuming passion drives her marriage to a breaking point and fuels her controversial art, raising troubling questions about exploitation, culture clash, and the imposition of the West on Africa.
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| NOW TorontoSusan G. Cole[A] dizzying and dazzling meditation on art, inequality and responsibility. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberArt Star is a provocative undertaking with a fascinating cast of characters, but it leaves us seeking answers that the filmmaker refuses to provide. |
| Georgia StraightJanet SmithBy the time the circus ends, there is a kind of resolution, a sense of enlightenment after the madness -- and a message that throws the celebrity-adoption frenzy into a complicated new light. |
| Globe and MailRick GroenThere's something about Beecroft, with her softly whispering voice and her pre-Raphaelite air, that keeps bringing us back and drawing us in. |
| User Reviewcli overy fascinating and interesting study on a special human being |
| User ReviewMargaux BConceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft consciously confuses the private and the political in her work, as evident in Pietra Brettkelly's excellent documentary. Some very disturbing and controversial scenes were caught on film out there in Sudan. Great editing too. |
| User ReviewMeghan MA story about a flaky world renowed artist who decides that she should adopt Sudanese twins without the consent of her husband and without a sane though in her head. Absolute crap. Should be listed as a comedy. |