Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: C. Scott Willis’ The Woodmans

For tonight’s installment, we’ve chosen to feature the trailer for what looks to be a charming documentary, highlighting a family of artists. The Woodmans is C. Scott Willis’ first film, and looks to be a creative approach to a genre often looked at through less artistic eyes.

The Woodmans will screen on April 25th, 27th, 28th, and May 1st. For a complete list of screening times and locations, visit the official Tribeca Page. You can also visit the film’s website and become a fan on Facebook.

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The Woodmans is an inspiring portrait of one family’s fall and redemption in the often brutal world of art. Family patriarch George is a professor and painter. Wife and mother Betty is a ceramicist who earns her own show at The Met. Charlie, their son, is a video artist. Most highly regarded is Francesca, their daughter, one of the late 20th century’s most recognized photographers, whose fame came after a tragedy that would forever scar the family.

Through candid interviews with George, Betty, Charlie, and a host of friends we come to understand how significant the importance of art-making has been to this family. Francesca’s work emerges in a highly developed way at a very early age. Through the creative use of her journal entries, experimental videos, and dynamic photographs, director C. Scott Willis brings us into the life of this young artist in a very intimate, visceral, and tragic way. His debut feature documentary is an original and extraordinary work that plumbs the depths of what it truly means to be an artist.

–Jim Browne