JDL - Behind The Wall
Wed, 22 Jan
|Cultplex
I'm super happy to have the opportunity to host the UK Premier of this fantastic documentary. JDL - Behind the wall follows renowned street artist Judith de Leeuw as she paints her latest mural in Taranto, southern Italy.
Time & Location
22 Jan 2025, 19:30 – 22:00
Cultplex, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF, UK
About the Event
For our first film of 2025 I'm extremely excited to bring you the UK premiere of "JDL - Behind The Wall" by documentary film maker Deborah Faraone Mannella.
Synopsis
Murals by street artist JDL can be seen in Amsterdam, Tbilisi, New York, Rome, Kuala Lumpur and many other cities around the world. Distinctive for their size but also for the social themes behind the wall.
In this film, director Deborah Faraone Mennella followed Judith de Leeuw for one year, during her
life in the Netherlands and during the creation of her work 'Love is Stronger Than Death' in the Italian
city Taranto. The film shows how this 30-metre high mural was created. While her murals usually deal with social themes and the underprivileged, the wall in Italy transformed into a deeply personal journey for the artist who lost her father during the year of filming. The film deals with universal…