Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo
BLUE ALCHEMY is a feature length documentary that explores the history and reveals the beauty and importance of indigo, weaving together stories about textiles and culture and interviews with artists, artisans, and historians.
79 minutes. Released 2011
Produced & Directed by Mary Lance
BLUE ALCHEMY is also about remarkable people around the globe who are using indigo in projects that are intended to improve life in their communities, preserve cultural integrity, and bring beauty to the world. The processes of making indigo dye from plants and of dyeing with indigo are described.
““We fell in love with the sensuous feature doc about indigo, the time-honoured blue dye that connects people and cultures across the globe. This gorgeously shot doc draws you deep into the impressive history of indigo while reinforcing its undisputed symbolic and spiritual function in almost all of our lives, whether we realize it or not...””
“Blue Alchemy connects the history and production of indigo with the color’s social-spiritual implications, beginning with the awareness that we live on a blue planet.”
“Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo, is very much worth watching, for anyone with an interest in documentaries, history, textiles, crafts, chemistry, traditions.”
