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Botero [Partially subtitled] [Opens May 1 in Virtual Cinema sponsored by MSP Film Society; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org] Striking, stunning paintings and sculptures dominate this engaging, fascinating, informative, colorful, insightful, behind-the-scenes, 82-minute, 2018 biographical documentary, which was filmed in China, Colombia, Italy, France, USA, Spain, and Monaco, that chronicles the life and career of controversial, world famous Colombian artist painter and sculptor Fernando Botero through his legendary vibrant artwork, archival film footage and photographs, and interviews with family (such as daughter Lina Botero Zea, sons Juan Carlos and Fernando Botero Zea, granddaughters Andrea Wild and Camila, and grandsons Fernando Quintana and Nicolas Wild), curators and authors (such as Dr. Rudy Chiappini, Ana Maria Escallon, Cecilia Braschi, Camilo Castano, and Dr. Shen Qilan), artist/author Santiago Londoño, historian/author Jorge Orlando Melo, art collector David Nahmad, Fernando Botero: In Search of a Style author Christian Padilla, The Art of Fernando Botero author Juan Carlos Botero, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Lucas Ospina at Universidad De Los Andes, NYU's Institute of Fine Arts Dr. Edward Sullivan, NYU's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dr. Miriam Basilio, Sotheby's Axel Stein, former museum director Ana Piedad Jaramillo, gallery directors Sandro Manzo and Patricia Tompkins, reporter María Carolina Piña, Fonderia Artistica Mariani's Adolfo Agolini, Latin American Studies Dr. Harley Shaiken at Berkeley's University of California, artist Sophia Vari, Faculty of Arts and Archaeology Dr. Rosalind Krause, former Medellin mayor Juan Pablo Gómez Martínez, and Dr. Miguel Urrutia at Banco De La Republica Colombia.   Redhead: Year: 2020 Rating:  NR View Botero on the Internet Movie Database