Can Art Stop a Bullet William Kellys Big Picture (2020)

The film documents the creation of Kellys monumental artwork Peace or WarThe Big Picture It is a tapestry of history and art drawn from major artworks and photos from the defining conflicts of their times This immense visual collage allows the audience to navigate through time and place meeting survivors of these horrific moments in history and the artists who have created work commenting on these periods some of which have become iconic Through Kellys drawings the audience is transported to the concentration camps of the Third Reich the bombing of Hiroshima the troubles in Ireland the race riots in the US and Pol Pots Year Zero Interwoven with archival footage of these cataclysmic events the audience is invited to visit antiwar and antigun demonstrations today events that call for similar injustices to be stopped The film is a parallel work to Kellys masterpiece unfolding to create the Big Picture in documentary form