ANA MENDIETA, FUEGO DE TIERRA, 1987

“My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything,” wrote the artist Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), whose interdisciplinary practice often blurred the boundary between the manmade and the natural. Over her brief but prolific career, Mendieta created a rich body of work that fused her abiding interests in Afro-Cuban religious traditions and feminist thought with broader interrogations of humanity's relationship to the land. Released two years after the artist’s death, this compelling documentary tracks Mendieta’s life from her childhood in Cuba and tumultuous early years in the United States through her later success in New York and abroad. Produced and directed by Nereida Garcia Ferraz, Kate Horsfield, and Branda Miller, with photography by Dawoud Bey and Mary Beth Edelson.” - The Met