Can Art Stop A Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture poster

Can Art Stop A Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture

The film documents the creation of Kelly’s monumental artwork “Peace or War/The Big Picture”. It is a tapestry of history and art, drawn from major artworks and photos from the defining conflicts of their times. This immense visual collage allows the audience to navigate through time and place, meeting survivors of these horrific moments in history and the artists who have created work commenting on these periods, some of which have become iconic. Through Kelly’s drawings, the audience is transported to the concentration camps of the Third Reich, the bombing of Hiroshima, “the troubles” in Ireland, the race riots in the US and Pol Pot’s Year Zero. Interwoven with archival footage of these cataclysmic events, the audience is invited to visit anti-war and anti-gun demonstrations today, events that call for similar injustices to be stopped. The film is a parallel work to Kelly’s masterpiece, unfolding to create the ‘Big Picture’ in documentary form.The film documents the creation of Kelly’s monumental artwork “Peace or War/The Big Picture”. It is a tapestry of history and art, drawn from major artworks and photos from the defining conflicts of their times. This immense v... Read more

It's a documentary and history movie, and has a rating of 8.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is very high for this kind of movie.

Watch it here

Not found streaming from Finland.

More like this

UKE
UKE (2020)
8.7Documentary 

Apple TV+ (itu
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
8.9Biography 

Disney+ +1
Rise: The Story Of Augustines
Rise: The Story Of Augustines (2018)
9.3Documentary 

Curiositystrea

East LA Interchange

East LA Interchange (2019)
8.5Documentary 

Apple TV+ (itu
A Bond Unbroken, the Why of Minh
A Bond Unbroken, the Why of Minh (2017)
8.5Documentary 

Amazon Prime +1
Queen: Rock Montreal
Queen: Rock Montreal (2024)
8.5Documentary 

Disney+
Güneşte Bir An
Güneşte Bir An (2020)
8.1Documentary 

Apple TV+ (itu
Servant or Slave
Servant or Slave (2016)
8.4Documentary 

Amazon Prime
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023)
8.3Biography 

SkyShowtime +8
They Shall Not Grow Old
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
8.2Documentary 

Netflix +4
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 (2019)
8.1Documentary 

Google Play +2
LA 92
LA 92 (2017)
8.2Documentary 

Disney+
Strokes of Genius
Strokes of Genius (2018)
8.1Documentary 

Viaplay +2
Momentum Generation
Momentum Generation (2018)
8.1Documentary 

SkyShowtime +4
An error has occurred. This application may no longer respond until reloaded. Reload 🗙