Tina Modotti : The Tiger’s Coat

  Tina Modotti, 1920. Canta: Cristina Maristany,”Estrellita” (Manuel Ponce),1935.

Drama documentary about the life of photographer and political activist Tina Modotti. Part 1 & 2

Tina Modotti – Without walls Part 1 Tina Modotti – Without walls Part 2

Drama documentary about the life of photographer and political activist Tina Modotti. Part 3 & 4

Tina Modotti – Without walls Part 3   Tina Modotti – Without walls Part 4

Tina Modotti and the Mexican Renaissance

Italian-born photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942) worked in Mexico between 1923 and 1930, a period known as the Mexican Renaissance. A member of the Communist Party, Modotti not only pioneered modernist photography in Mexico but also used her images as tools for constructing Mexican cultural nationalism and...

Resurrecting a Radical Artist

By Linda Buchwald “What attracted me to the role was that I couldn’t get an audition.” So says Alysia Reiner about playing photographer/actress/political activist Tina Modotti in the new off-Broadway play, Modotti.  Of course, to see her in the show, now playing at Theatre Row through July 3, you’d...