FILMS

COLLABORATING
WITH THE PAST
2011, 10 minutes

A multi-media presentation of Blitt drawings created to the music of Holocaust victim, Pavel Haas, honors the memory of all artists whose works were silenced by Hitler.

CAUGHT IN PAINT
2003, 8 minutes

An award-winning film documents the collaboration between painter Rita Blitt, choreographer David Parsons, and photographer Lois Greenfield.

blur
2010, 12 minutes

A multi-media collaboration between Rita Blitt and award-winning composer Lansing McLoskey premiered at the Aspen Composer’s Conference.

Click HERE to view the “blur” exhibition

VISUAL RHYTHMS
2006, 12 minutes

Dancers at Florida University inspired by Rita Blitt and music in the background, alternately improvise dance and creative lines on paper.

CAUGHT IN NATURE
2005, 8 minutes

Accompanied by Yehuda Hanani, performing J.S. Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, Rita Blitt’s paintings and sculptures are featured against Aspen’s landscape.

DANCING HANDS
1984, 25 minutes

Created with the intention of encouraging everyone to “let their hands dance on paper,” twenty years of Rita Blitt’s creative practice are represented in this short documentary film.

FLAG
1976, 7 minutes

Comprehensive documentation of Rita Blitt’s 1,748 piece, 20 x 10-1/2 foot suspended acrylic flag, an official bicentennial project of the state of Kansas.

WHAT KINDNESS
MEANS TO ME
1998, 6 minutes

Rita Blitt’s words “Kindness is Contagious, Catch It!” have inspired worldwide kindness activities. For this film, children answered the question “What does kindness mean to me?”