
World Premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
“In this charming and profound portrait of artistic devotion, celebrated sculptor James Grashow embarks, at age 79, on a four year odyssey to complete his magnum opus: a gigantic, intricate wooden sculpture dubbed ‘The Cathedral.’”
— Tribeca Film Festival
— World Premiere —
Sunday, June 8 — SOLD OUT
2:15 p.m. - Village East by Angelika
Tuesday, June 10 — SOLD OUT
2:15 p.m. - Village East by Angelika
Sunday, June 15
3:15 p.m. - Village East by Angelika
Friday, June 13
8:00 p.m. - AMC 19th Street East 6
About the Film
For six decades, Jimmy Grashow’s intricate woodcuts and fantastical sculptures in cardboard have graced many galleries and museums. His work has been featured on album covers and in countless publications including Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the New York Times. Jimmy’s wildly inventive and irreverent works stand in contrast to the inner dark side and fear of mortality that have haunted him since childhood. At age 79, Jimmy is offered a commission by an art collector who has a strong faith that is different from his own. The result, an intricately carved sculpture of Jesus carrying a cathedral on his back, tormented by demons at his feet. In JIMMY & THE DEMONS, we witness Jimmy’s incredible devotion to the craft of woodworking and the creation of his magnum opus. For four years, Jimmy dedicates everything – time, labor, creativity, passion, love, at the expense of his health – to that singular vision: an intricately carved sculpture that, in the end, almost becomes a self-portrait. JIMMY & THE DEMONS is a voyage into Jimmy’s creative genius and process, his family and supportive community. Along the way, we get to know an artist of greatness, with a retrospective of his work that merits celebration.