Waiting For Hockney

In her documentary debut, Julie Checkoway presents an unforgettable profile of an American original: Billy Pappas, a Baltimore artist who spent nearly a decade painstakingly creating a single pencil drawing. He hopes this single work will redefine realism and serve to establish his artistic career. Now Pappas longs to show it to painter David Hockney and gain his blessing. This "involving, touching, revealing, human, and utterly wonderful film" (The Independent) subtly raises pertinent questions about class, ambition and definitions of art.