Articles

Hyperalergic
Maya Pontone. Nov 19, 2024
Recreating Nellie Mae Rowe’s Dreamlike World. More

Deadline
Matt Grobar. Nov 29, 2023
‘This World Is Not My Own’: Juno Films Acquires SXSW Doc On Folk Artist Nellie Mae Rowe. More

Deadline
Matthew Carey. Mar 10, 2023
SXSW First Look: Uzo Aduba Provides Voice Of Artist Nellie Mae Rowe In Remarkable Documentary Featuring 3D Animation. More

New York Times
Roberta Smith. Sept 2, 2022
With over 100 of her paintings on paper, several sewn dolls (and one chewing gum sculpture) as well as two amazing reimaginings (not replicas) of her home and yard recently constructed for a hybrid documentary-feature, the show fills the museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. More

Wallpaper
Siska Lyssens. Oct 18, 2019
The film, which honours the movement’s centenary with a close look at the seminal legacy and practice of the Bauhaus master, premiered globally at the Architecture & Design Film Festival on Wednesday night. More

New York Times
Jane Margolies. Oct 1, 2019
Today, when newcomers to America are often regarded as suspect, Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell of Opendox, the film’s production company, seek to highlight Moholy-Nagy‘s contributions as an immigrant. He never gained the recognition of Bauhaus leaders like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, but Moholy-Nagy kept alive “the idea of unifying different disciplines,” said Mr. Ringbom, also the film’s cinematographer. More

Arch Daily
Lindsay Duddy. Nov 17, 2018
A team of filmmakers channeled their passion for architecture, art, and design into the production of an in-depth examination of Maholy’s art and vision for the future of design. More

Horisont Magazine
Christer Nilsson. Nov 1, 2015
He’s making a feature film inspired by the Ojnare conflict. More

New York Post
Page Six Team. Aug 12, 2014
A hip Brooklyn crowd trekked to the Walter Reade Theater for the premiere of director Petter Ringbom’s “Shield and Spear.” More

T Magazine Blog
Stephen Heyman. Apr 20, 2012
Why has it taken so long for someone to make a movie about musician John Forté? His life story certainly has the requisite sweep. More

Interviews

Print
Steven Heller. Jun21, 2023
I spoke to Ringbom about the creative decisions that lead to such a compelling live action, stop motion animated art film experience. More

Arts Atlanta
Candice Dyer. Apr 21, 2023
We caught up with Ringbom and Stillwell to learn more about this bracingly original documentary. More

Fox 7 Austin
Mar 14, 2023
Director Petter Ringbom and producer Ruchi Mital talk about the film which reimagines the life of artist Nellie Mae Rowe. More

This Day Live
BlackRock Media. Apr 14, 2015
Marquise Stillwell, executive producer of ‘Shield and Spear’ talks to Asha Tanna on This Day Live. More

Design Matters Podcast
Debbie Millman. Oct 21, 2014
Debbie Millman talks to Petter Ringbom about his years at the creative agency Flat, and how he moved away from graphic design into filmmaking. More

Huck Magazine
Alex King. Apr 8, 2015
Is South Africa going through a new creative revolution? More

OkayAfrica
Rob Scher. Jul 21, 2014
Ringbom has allowed his accomplished cinematography to tell one story, leaving the rest up to the earnest dialogue of his subjects. More

NBC New York
Apr 22, 2012
We talk with the director of "The Russian Winter," which makes its debut at the film festival this weekend. More

Reviews

The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden. Mar 11, 2023
Takes an unorthodox approach to biography...in a spirit of inventiveness that honors its subject. More

POV Magazine
Jason Gorber. May 5, 2023
A bold, brave work, This World Is Not My Own is a shining example of how the merging of many facets of non-fiction filmmaking can be integrated to elevate a story. More

FilmBook
David McDonald. Mar 22, 2023
This World is Not My Own: Extraordinary Journey Deep Into the Heart of an American Folk Artist Close to Perfection. More

Artnet
Sarah Cascone. Mar 9, 2023
This World Is Not My Own, a luminous portrait of Nellie Mae Rowe… More

New York Times
Ben Kensinberg. Jul 20, 2021
[Moholy-Nagy] deserves to be remembered as one of the great artists of the 20th century.
..a good primer, well illustrated. More

Forbes
Travis Bean. Oct 18, 2019
Much like many filmmakers do with cities in fictional narrative form, New Bauhaus director Alysa Nahmias allows Chicago to become a living, breathing entity that pulsates with Moholy-Nagy’s romantic outlook on the world in documentary form. By the end of the movie, you won’t just admire Moholy-Nagy—you’ll want to be just like him. More

The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore. Oct 23, 2014
Introducing outsiders to a creative scene seemingly far more vibrant than most of us realized, Petter Ringbom’s Shield and Spear finds post-Apartheid South Africa brimming with art, music and activism despite widespread disappointment with those leading its government.  More

Politico
Sheila O'Malley. Apr 23, 2012
The best parts of The Russian Winter are the small observational moments: Forté and a band member playing chess on the train, the moments of collaboration in various studios as the musicians work out their different parts, the very funny "Pushkin's real good" rap Forté comes up in the spur of the moment. More

New York Times
Roberta Smith. Oct 27, 2011
Karl Haendel: ‘Questions for My Father’. One of the genuine sleepers among Chelsea’s sleepy fall shows… More

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