An inspiring documentary chronicling the life and career of renowned painter Jon Imber,
who faced great adversity when diagnosed with ALS .
'A bittersweet and deeply moving' document of this artist's courageous and darkly humorous response to a diagnosis of ALS. The film traces Imber's life, career, and adaptations, switching from painting with his right hand to his left, then to both as the degenerative condition worsens. Adversity only makes him more determined: more than 100 portraits in three months. We first encounter Imber painting for the first time with his left hand while he and his partner, painter Jill Hoy, analyze Jon's self-portrait and talk about the anxiety to come. The painting becomes an unsettling metaphor of his psychological journey living into his dying through his art--Anonymous, IMBd
who faced great adversity when diagnosed with ALS .
'A bittersweet and deeply moving' document of this artist's courageous and darkly humorous response to a diagnosis of ALS. The film traces Imber's life, career, and adaptations, switching from painting with his right hand to his left, then to both as the degenerative condition worsens. Adversity only makes him more determined: more than 100 portraits in three months. We first encounter Imber painting for the first time with his left hand while he and his partner, painter Jill Hoy, analyze Jon's self-portrait and talk about the anxiety to come. The painting becomes an unsettling metaphor of his psychological journey living into his dying through his art--Anonymous, IMBd
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