A title like “Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski” suggests a breadth and depth that’s difficult to live up to, which makes it all the more remarkable that this Netflix documentary by Irek Dobrowolski manages to deliver. The bulk of “Struggle” is built upon a series of interviews with Szukalski, filmed in the 1980s by the collector Glenn Bray. Bray had come across a book of Szukalski’s sculptures and paintings and, by happy coincidence, discovered that the artist actually lived nearby. But with the good came the bad, including evidence of past bigotry and anti-Semitism. Others, including his one-time friend George DiCaprio (who with his son, Leonardo, is a producer on the film), came to find his past actions unforgivable.

Source: New York Times December 26, 2018 19:20 UTC