Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (2017)

Directed by

James Crump

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

18+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the life and work of fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez. It shows his rise in New York and Paris during the late 1960s and early 1970s, using interviews and archival footage of the artists and models around him.

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What happens

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco is a 2017 American documentary film directed by James Crump. This feature documentary concerns the Puerto Rican-born, Harlem and Bronx-raised fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez and his influential work and milieu in New York and Paris between 1968 and 1973. With original interviews and vintage footage, the film also features Lopez's personal partner and longtime creative collaborator, Juan Ramos, Bill Cunningham, Jessica Lange, Grace Jones, Bob Colacello, Grace Coddington, Yves Saint Laurent, Joan Juliet Buck and Karl Lagerfeld among numerous others. The film was an Official Selection at many leading international film festivals including DOC NYC, The British Film Institute's BFI London Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Seattle International Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. It was nominated three times and awarded the Metropolis Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 DOC NYC Film Festival and the 2018 Cinémoi CinéFashion Film Award for Best Fashion Feature Film. The film qualified for consideration for the 2018 Academy Awards Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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