MARK LOMBARDI - DEATH DEFYING ACTS OF ART AND CONSPIRACY

Documentary, Germany 2011 (79/52 min.)
Director: Mareike Wegener
Production: Unafilm
World Sales: Rise and Shine/Kloos & Co. Medien

A few weeks after the 9/11, an FBI agent called the Whitney Museum of American Art and asked to see a drawing on exhibit there. The piece was by Mark Lombardi. Just months earlier, the artist was found dead in his studio. Although the official cause of death was documented as a suicide, there have been many doubts. Using just a pencil and a huge sheet of paper, Lombardi had created an intricate pattern of curves and arcs to illustrate the links between global finance and international terrorism. This documentary will compose a dense portrait of Lombardi‘s life and work that examines how art can express universal truths that are reflected in our present.

FESTIVALS:
Leipzig Screenings 2011, Max Ophüls Preis 2012, Planete Doc Review Warschau/PL 2012, Brooklyn Int. Film Festival 2012, DocFest Sheffield 2012/UK