Benjamin Ree

director, “The Painter and the Thief”

Benjamin Ree on KCRW

Five years ago, a down-on-his-luck drug addict and an accomplice stole a pair of paintings from an art gallery in Norway. They were in full view of surveillance cameras.

‘The Painter and the Thief’: Documentary about an unlikely friendship

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