CinemaOSMovie · 2020 · 1h 40m · PG-13

Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan

Inner Relate: poetry of Paint, Politics, Place

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Seeing is to painting what listening is to politics. Survival as an artist demands both. Paint Until Dawn is a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (1927-1999), who painted all night to push the limits of vision. His life and thought reveal a correlation between art and activism through an interesting angle: the creative process itself.

Directed byEli Ives

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
EN
Released
June 8, 2020
Budget
$78,800
Studios
Lumikalai Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

James Gahagan

Himself (archival)

Patricia de Gogorza

Herself

Gene Lesser

Himself

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Herself

George Pearlman

Himself

Andrea Pearlman

Herself

Erik Koch

Himself

Robert Henry

Himself

Selina Trieff

Herself

Catherine Peltz

Herself

Creative team
Directed by
Eli Ives
Produced by
Eli Ives

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