ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
Controversial painter Joe Coleman, known for his intricate portraits of serial killers and outlaws, undertakes his most challenging subject yet — a seven foot portrait of his wife, Whitney.

SYNOPSIS
Joe Coleman is an artist who plumbs the darkest reaches of the human psyche. Painter, performer and collector of oddities, he lives and creates in the liminal realm between light and shadow, guided by his relentless search for ‘soul’. Death, murder and violence are common themes woven throughout his work, with subjects running the gamut from outlaws and serial killers to friends and family. Both lauded and vilified, Joe’s artwork rarely produces passive responses from the audience. His paintings have been exhibited in museums around the world and hang in the collections of Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Leonardo Di Caprio, Johnny Depp and late, legendary artist H.R. Giger.

Currently in production, HOW DARK MY LOVE is a new kind of non-fiction feature, unbound by established rules of the genre. Using a cinéma vérité approach combined with a dramatic narrative aesthetic creates a film that does not look or feel like a documentary. Real. Visceral. Dangerous. HOW DARK MY LOVE explores the life and vision of this unique artist and reveals how sometimes the brightest of truths can lie in the darkest of shadows.

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

DIRECTOR Scott Gracheff
PRODUCER James Muscarella