Documentary on acclaimed painter Chuck Connelly screens at the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival
Into the Lightis the sort of documentary that exists to change the life of both the film’s subject and its viewers. Filmmaker and director Benjamin Schwartz did us the great service of not only coaxing artist Chuck Connelly back into his rightful place in the sun, but of sharing Connelly’s art through art of his own. The film will be available for streaming worldwide on Saturday, June 12 at the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival.
Chuck Connelly is a genius whose works have long gone underappreciated and unseen by the public eye. After a 2008 documentary changed Connelly’s life and career for the worst, Schwartz set out on the task of providing him with a fresh start and a chance to depict his growth as an artist and human being. Throughout the entire film, the two are very candid about how Connelly overcame addiction and devoted his life to his work, but