WHITE GATE FILMS
Coming 2023
Fra Angelico
a rare and perfect talent
A documentary of spectacular richness
and intriguing history
This is the story of the artist, Fra Angelico,
a Dominican friar, who would herald the beginning
of the Renaissance in 15th century Florence, Italy.
In a time when the Medici family ruled Florence,
Popes made Rome the seat of power and glory,
and architects, sculptors and painters changed the way
the human figure, space and light were forever seen,
Fra Angelico stands out as a rare and perfect talent.*
*Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects
The Annunciation, Fra Angelico 1426 , Prado detail
Convent of San Marco Florence
Fra Angelico's frescos acted as a spiritual guide to life in the Dominican community, commissioned by Cosimo de Medici
White Gate Films
About
WGF is a documentary production company based in Massachusetts. Nancy
Ogden, WGF’s founder and principal, has spent more than 30 years
in the film and television world – from CBS News to PBS, to award
winning documentaries, and a charming children’s film about a cute pup
named Stetson. Her firm has produced five award-winning documentaries,
including a Blue Ocean Award-winning Madstreak,
the story of The Mini Transat - a solo sailboat race across the Atlantic
from France to Brazil.
In development - a delightful tale of Hanno & Teo, a film about a boy,
the Pope and an elephant, named Hanno,
and the breathtakingly beautiful documentary, Fra Angelico, a rare and perfect talent.