Beauty Freak By James Clements
Beauty Freak is a multi-media research-based play exploring the complex and controversial life and legacy of the German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Riefenstahl was born in Germany and rose to prominence as a silent film actress. In the 1930s, she turned her astonishing talents as the pioneering female filmmaker of her time to the service of the Nazi regime. Her films, made in the 1930s, altered the course of modern cinema but also immortalized and celebrated the murderous cult of Hitler and the Nazis. Though cleared by de-Nazification courts, she remained forever tarnished by her association with the Third Reich.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
JULY 2021 - FILMED READING AT THE BORDERLIGHT FESTIVAL - CLEVELAND
Director James Clements
Featuring Max Beckman, Abram Blau, Derya Celikkol, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain, Beatriz Miranda, Thalia Romina, Wes van Schaik, Tina Shepard
Camera Pablo Calderón Santiago
Editing Katherine Guanche
MARCH 2020 - WORKSHOP - A.R.T./NEW YORK
Director James Clements
Featuring Abram Blau, Coral Cohen, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sophia Frank, Sam Hood Adrain, Beatriz Miranda
NOVEMBER 2018 - WORKSHOP AT THE PLAXALL GALLERY - NEW YORK
Director Coral Cohen
Featuring Tatiana Baccari, Abram Blau, Derya Celikkol, Ana Cristina Da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain, Devante Lawrence, Portland Thomas, Leanne Velednitsky, Kayla Yee, Tina Shepard
Production Design Johanna Pan
Photography by Pablo Calderón Santiago
SELECTED PRESS & AWARDS
Received the A.R.T/New York Creative Space Grant
Received the Indie Theatre Fund Grant
BBW Interview: WWTNS? Examine the Life of Leni Riefenstahl - BROADWAY WORLD
BEAUTY FREAK to be Presented at BorderLight Festival - BROADWAYWORLD
