Peter Beard

A series of incisive and never before published interviews by English journalist Edward Behr form the backbone of „Scrapbooks From Africa and Beyond“ that takes viewers to three continents. Beard lives in the present and here we are offered a rare experience to observe how he captures the essence of each moment. Marked by a sense of intimacy and sincerity, Beard is shown at work shooting nudes and fashion, with his family and friends, the native Kenyans he lived near and works with or just one-on-one, in candid revealing scenes that underscore his life's work.
In „Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond“, Beard's adventures and the substance of his work are united as one. the iconic photographs of his legendary past are revisited and for the first time we read and hear the stories about the making of Beard's first book „End of the Game“, his appearance in the underground classic „Halleluja the Hills“, his fortuitous meeting with British painter Francis Bacon, and his youthful acquaintance with Karen Blixen. Beard's epic notebooks, bound with ink, blood, photographs and the detrius of life on the road are matched here by his recollections of the remnants ofKenya's colonial past.
Film narrated by award-winning actress, Charlotte Rampling, with rare footage of Francis Bacon, Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mick Jagger among numerous others.