All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
chronicles the journey of Winfred Rembert, an African-American artist
who recently had a retrospective in a top-tier Madison Avenue gallery
but who earlier in his life had served seven years on a chain gang in
Georgia.
His brightly colored paintings, all executed on leather
canvases that Rembert tools, a technique he learned in prison, describe life in the Jim Crow south of the 1950's and 60's. A native of
Georgia, Rembert now lives with his wife and eight children in a rough
neighborhood in New Haven, but also operates in the social universe of
well-off white collectors in Connecticut who buy his work. This wonderful, inspiring film by Vivian Ducat
traces Rembert's life and contextualizes the era he describes.
Check out the Feature in Vanity Fair and watch the trailer here: Winfred Rembert Preview
