Short films by Inuit artist ASINNAJAQ and JOBIE WEETALUKTUK. Discussion: ASINNAJAQ and Iñupiat filmmaker ANDREW OKPEAHA MACLEAN (Film & TV). In collaboration with THE FLAHERTY‘s NYC screening series curated by asinnajaq, titled, let’s all be lichen.
THURSDAY | APRIL 21 | 5 PM | “YELLING AT THE SNOWFLAKES: Language Anxieties and Necropolitical Acculturation in the U.S. Military” lecture by Janet McIntosh
“YELLING AT THE SNOWFLAKES: Language Anxieties and Necropolitical Acculturation in the U.S. Military” lecture by JANET MCINTOSH (Anthropology, Brandeis)
FRIDAY | APRIL 8 | 5 PM | “CITIZEN ASHE: Athlete. Activist. Champion” screening with filmmaker SAM POLLARD (NYU)
Screening and discussion of “Citizen Ashe”, exploring the enduring legacy of African American tennis legend Arthur Ashe, from his Grand Slam tournament days to his role as a global activist. Post-screening conversation with director SAM POLLARD and JOSSLYN LUCKETT (Cinema Studies).
THURSDAY | APRIL 7 | 5 PM | “WHOOSH GOES THE MARKET: Algorithms, Automation, and Alienation” lecture by Daniel Souleles
“WHOOSH GOES THE MARKET: Algorithms, Automation, and Alienation” lecture by DANIEL SOULELES (Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School)
FRIDAY | APRIL 1 | 5 PM | COUSIN COLLECTIVE: Indigenous Artists Expanding the Form of Film
Short films by COUSIN Collective founders ADAM KHALIL, ALEX LAZAROWICH, ADAM PIRON, and SKY HOPINKA. Post-screening discussion with the filmmakers, moderated by CASS GARDINER
WEDNESDAY | FEB 16 | PALESTINE/ISRAEL, VISUAL CULTURE, AND THE WORLD TO COME
Palestine/Israel, Visual Culture, and the World to Come: A Conversation between Gil Hochberg and Shirly Bahar. Moderated by Helga Tawil Souri.
FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 11 | 4 PM | “IN THE SAME BREATH” SCREENING + DISCUSSION
Screening of “IN THE SAME BREATH” followed by a discussion with filmmaker Nanfu Wang and Zhen Zhang (Cinema Studies). Moderated by Marcia Rock (Director, News & Documentary, Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism).
FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 4 | 4PM | “ON THE DIVIDE” Screening + Discussion
Screening of “On the Divide” followed by a discussion with filmmakers Maya Cueva and Leah Galant with Elizabeth Sepper (University of Texas at Austin), moderated byNew York Women in Film & TV Executive Director, Cynthia Lopez
NOVEMBER 12 | 4 PM | VIDEO NAS ALDEIAS (VNA) / VIDEO IN THE VILLAGES: “Yaõkwá, Image and Memory”
In the award-winning film “Yaõkwá, Image and Memory”, the Enawenê encounter mages recorded 25 years ago. Post-screening discussion with Video in the Villages founder, filmmaker VINCENT CARELLI with ROBERT STAM (NYU Cinema Studies) and AMALIA CÓRDOVA (Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution).
OCTOBER 22 | 4 PM | “FRUITS OF LABOR”
Screening of “FRUITS OF LABOR” (78 Mins, 2021, Directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez). Post-screening discussion: filmmaker EMILY COHEN IBAÑEZ with DIANA TAYLOR (Depts. of Spanish and Portuguese & Performance Studies.) and JOSEFINA SALDAÑA-PORTILLO (Dept. of Social & Cultural Analysis).