--- title: Watch the Trailer for Artist JR's Documentary Paper & Glue description: In his follow-up to "Faces, Places," the photographer and street artist films in Rio, in a California prison and on the U.S.-Mexico border. canonical: https://time.com/6101065/paper-and-glue-trailer-jr/ author: Andrew R. Chow article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-09-23T16:30:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T10:20:36.676Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the Trailer for Artist JR's New Documentary Paper & Glue og:description: In his follow-up to "Faces, Places," the photographer and street artist films in Rio, in a California prison and on the U.S.-Mexico border og:url: https://time.com/6101065/paper-and-glue-trailer-jr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt572a7dab0434ac64/698a1d2f16d884e57ec39c2d/GettyImages-1330286182.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paper & Glue og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Trailer for Artist JR's New Documentary Paper & Glue twitter:description: In his follow-up to "Faces, Places," the photographer and street artist films in Rio, in a California prison and on the U.S.-Mexico border twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt572a7dab0434ac64/698a1d2f16d884e57ec39c2d/GettyImages-1330286182.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Trailer for Artist JR's New Documentary _Paper & Glue_  by [Andrew R. Chow](https://time.com/author/andrew-r-chow/)  ## Andrew R. Chow Correspondent Sep 23, 2021 4:30 PM UTC  The artist JR at a screening of "Paper & Glue" in Rome in July 2021. The artist JR at a screening of "Paper & Glue" in Rome in July 2021.Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images  by [Andrew R. Chow](https://time.com/author/andrew-r-chow/)  ## Andrew R. Chow Correspondent Sep 23, 2021 4:30 PM UTC The enigmatic [photographer and street artist JR](https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5238191/jr/) has captured thousands of subjects over the decades with deep empathy and creativity, [using his camera to magnify](https://time.com/5594369/jr-san-francisco-mural/) those most often ignored or scapegoated. His underground fame was catapulted into the mainstream in part thanks to his 2017 Oscar-nominated documentary film _Faces Places_, a collaboration with the legendary late French filmmaker [Agnès Varda](https://time.com/5530044/varda-by-agnes-review/); in that film, the pair tramped around rural France, taking portraits and pasting giant versions of them across unconventional canvases like buildings. For his next film, [_Paper & Glue_](https://www.paperandgluefilm.com/), JR culls from decades of footage for a project that roves far beyond France’s borders. He connects to people inside the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and in a maximum-security prison in Tehachapi, Calif.; he pastes [a portrait of a giant toddler](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/08/549491208/as-boy-peers-curiously-over-border-wall-his-artist-asks-what-is-he-thinking) peeking over the U.S.-Mexico wall, creating excitement and curiosity on both sides. _“Paper & Glue_ is a film that challenges viewers’ perceptions by lifting the voices of people and places that are often overlooked,” JR wrote in an email to TIME. “I hope this film further uplifts the essentiality of art and the potential it holds to reshape even our most ingrained beliefs.” _Paper &_ _Glue_, which has already made the festival circuit, is out in theaters Nov. 12 and will air on MSNBC in January 2022 before streaming on Peacock. The film was created in conjunction with TIME Studios. (JR has also done several collaborations with TIME, including creating the interactive cover for the [magazine’s “Guns in America” issue](https://time.com/guns-in-america/).) 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