White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans

White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans
Official theatrical poster
Directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Produced by
  • Soledad Liendo
  • Heritage Film Project
Starring John Borden Evans
Music by Alice Parker and others
Cinematography Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Distributed by Alexander Street Press Kanopy Streaming
Release date
  • March 2015 (2015-03)
Running time
 30 minutes
Country United States
Language English

White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans is a documentary film produced by Heritage Film Project. The film, produced and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, premiered at the Virginia Historical Society[1] as part of the Official Selection at the Richmond International Film Festival,[2] and was awarded Best Short Documentary, 2015.[3][4][5] White is part of a series of biographical sketches on "artists at work" which includes the names of Ernesto Deira, Perez Celis, Andres Waissman, and Humberto Calzada. White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans premiered on PBS on Thursday, July 2.[6]

Argument

Borden Evans in his atelier in Virginia. Production Still.

White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans explores the working artist John Borden Evans, capturing the quiet and the quotidian elements of life in Virginia's countryside. The settings for the film are the old farmhouses and surrounding rural area of North Garden, in the vicinity of Charlottesville, which are noticeable influences in the subject matter on Borden Evans' paintings. Evans depicts rural landscapes and animals in his thickly painted works, creating texture through build up and scrape away techniques. The title is in reference to the visual fact the production took place in the snow, white is also the prevalent base calor on John Borden's paintings during the period in which the film was produced.

"White: A season in the Life of John Borden Evans", is a close look at an intriguing couple who chartered their own course and made you envious.

— Julian Bond, Washington, DC

The treatment of each scene mirrors the austere choice of a monastic life in accord with the silence of art and its spirituality. The cautiously crafted composition, and the sensible use of light blend film and theme as one. I felt the hard-work, firm abundant and serious work which makes the film a work of art in it self, a work of art within a work of art

— Eugenio Cuttica

Distribution

"White: A season in the Life of John Borden Evans" is available in the academic market through Alexander Street Press and Kanopy.[7][8]

Awards

4th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra: 1st. Award. Category: International and European Documentaries, 2017.[9] Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, Virginia: 1st Award. Category: Documentaries, 2015.

References

  1. ↑ March 1, 2015 Virginia Historical Society
  2. ↑ Virginia Film Commission
  3. ↑ International Movie Data Base
  4. ↑ Heritage Film Project
  5. ↑ Alumnus Focus: Snow, Isolation and art in the Foothills
  6. ↑ Virginia Film Commission
  7. ↑ Kanopy Official Website with description
  8. ↑ World Cat Reference
  9. ↑ 4th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra


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