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Prof. Lucas’ film screening & discussion at Union Docs

Still photo of the main title of the filmProf. Marty Lucas’ film Hiroshima Bound will have its first screening in the New York area at Union Docs in Williamsburg on March 24th at 7:30PM.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Reiko Tahara and IMAer Jason Fox. Hiroshima Bound is an hour-long personal interrogation of the traumatic mix of memory and amnesia that constitutes America’s understanding of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, built from a mix of re-examined archival material, personal meditation and testimony, and visits to sites including The Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, White Sands Missile Proving Grounds, and the International Center of Photography in New York.
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“Results” film screening & discussion

Poster for film showing two people working out in a gym

Writer and director Andrew Bujalski will be screening his new film Results at Hunter next week. The screening, along with a discussion with Prof. Shanti Thakur, will take place on Thursday, March 17th in HN502 at 2:00 to 5:00 PM.

 

 

Prof. Gitlin’s film “That Which Is Possible” at the ReelAbilities Film Festival

Prof. Gitlin’s film, That Which Is Possible, is playing as part of the ReelAbilities Film Festival this weekend.

“Musical, bracing, and tender, That Which Is Possible is a portrait of a community of artists making work at the Living Museum, an art-space on the grounds of a large state-run psychiatric hospital in Queens, New York.”

 

Dates and times:

Saturday, March 12 – 2:00 p.m.
The Museum of the Moving Image, Queens
Admission: $12; includes all exhibits at the museum.

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