Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2024)

Name: Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-10-20T18:15:25+02:00
Rating: 4.50
Cast: William Kentridge, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Diego Sillands

Documentary | 1 season

1 season

4,50 1 votes

State: Returning Series

Origin: South Africa / United States

Developed by: Joslyn Barnes, Noah Bashevkin and Rachel Chanoff

IMDb score: 8,0 (174)

Releasedate: Friday 18 October 2024

This TV Show is not available on US streaming services.

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot plot

The great South African artist William Kentridge opens the doors of his studio and treats us to his playful-philosophical thoughts on the impossibility of knowing yourself. Through animation, performance, collage and charcoal drawings he creates a witty and inventive self-portrait. He literally enters into a dialogue with himself: Kentridge interviews Kentridge, while they are both on screen at the same time – the impossible becomes possible in his studio. The series also pays tribute to the inventiveness of early film and the special effects of Georges Méliès. The result is a brilliant experiment in form and thought, in which the coffee pot plays a central role.