A look into Frida Kahlo's world, revealing an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity, with her epic love aff | dHNfQVFRaWViR2RKRzA
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00:37 Let me tell you about a little girl born in Mexico.
00:40 She would grow up to be one of the most famous artists
00:49 in the world.
00:51 We all recognize her face and that look.
00:54 But who was she really?
00:59 And why is she more loved now than ever before?
01:06 This daughter of the revolution lived an ordinary life.
01:10 And hers is no easy tale to tell.
01:14 Frida Kahlo was a rule breaker.
01:18 The way she broke taboos, the way she broke the norm
01:22 was completely revolutionary and transgressive.
01:27 She doesn't respect things that should be respected,
01:31 like birth, blood, miscarriages.
01:35 She made no concessions about her art.
01:39 She was strong and ambitious, an answer to no one.
01:43 But she was also driven and tormented by love.
01:47 She said, I love Diego more than I love my own life.
01:51 She would always come back to Diego Rivera,
01:53 like an obsession, an obsession that was painful.
02:00 So why do we still idolize her, this mixed up
02:04 mess of contradictions?
02:07 And why can't we take our eyes off her?
02:10 What people see in her is all that power of rebellion,
02:15 irreverence.
02:18 For people who are queer, for people who are brown,
02:22 for people who are creative in different ways.
02:26 She teaches us about identity.
02:33 Art was her superpower.
02:35 In the end, I don't need her perfect.
02:42 She was genius.
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