April 7, 6pm: “Curating Between Hope and Despair: Creating POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews” lecture by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
ENVISIONING ACCESSIBLE FUTURES: Disability, Caregiving and Photography
March 31, 5pm: Two-day symposium featuring photographers JEAN ROBERT DANTOU and RICK GUIDOTTI; scholars FLORENCE WEBER, EVA KITTAY, SHELLEY RICE; and activist LAWRENCE CARTER-LONG exploring disability and the politics of recognition and care.
THE GLIMPSE: Remediating Crisis and Critique in the Ayoreo Video Project
March 30, 7pm: Lucas Bessire (Anthropology, University of Oklahoma) presents new, short collaborative films made with indigenous Ayoreo filmmakers from South America
ON THE ICE: 96 min., 2012, Dir: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
March 23, 6pm: Feature film about two Iñupiaq teens in an isolated Alaskan town bonded by a dark secret. Post-screening discussion with director ANDREW OKPEAHA MACLEAN (Graduate Film, NYU).
REELABILITIES FILM FESTIVAL: That Which is Possible
March 11, 1pm: Michael Gitlin’s moving documentary portrait of a community of artists, musicians, and writers working at The Living Museum, an art-space at a state-run psychiatric facility in Queens. Post-screening discussion with Director Michael Gitlin, Museum artists Issa Ibrahim and Stephen Nelon, and Art Therapist Mary Beth Pope.
GOD AND GUNS: A Conversation about Violence, Community and our Economies of Attention
Friday, March 4th, 6pm: “God and Guns” features a discussion bringing together religious, academic, media, and activist perspectives on violence, community, and awareness.
LIVING LOS SURES
March 3, 6pm: LOS SURES (60 min., 1984, Dir: Diego Echeverria) chronicles Latino lives in pre-gentrified Williamsburg inspiring the current collaborative UnionDocs project, LIVING LOS SURES.
THE GOOD DEATH: An Exploration of Dying in America
February 16, 6pm: Author Ann Neumann discusses her book, The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America with journalist Jeff Sharlet
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (76 min., 2012, Dir. Madeleine Olnek)
The adventures of lesbian space aliens on the planet Earth!