America Ferrera to star in Amazon series ‘Naked by the Window,’ about murdered artist Ana Mendieta
America Ferrera Set For Series 'Naked By The Window' In Development At Amazon MGM Studios https://t.co/axDZmeMZDX
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 23, 2024
America Ferrera is set to executive produce and star in Naked by the Window, a series adaptation of the true crime book by Robert Katz, which has landed at Amazon MGM Studios for development following a bidding war. Charise Castro Smith (Encanto) will write and exec produce the series, with Plan B also on board to executive produce.
Originally published in 1990, the book tells the true story of the groundbreaking Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, her formidable impact on the New York art scene, and the controversial trial of her sculptor husband, Carl Andre, for her sudden and tragic murder death.
Regarded as one of the most influential Cuban-American artists of the post-WWII era, Mendieta was known for works examining themes of identity, feminism, and the relationship between the human body and the earth. Mendieta died in 1985 when she was pushed fell from Andre’s 34th floor apartment. She was 36. Andre was acquitted of second degree murder in 1988 and died January 2024.
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