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Special Projects
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Screening/Discussion
Laura Poitras, Filmmaker
After-film discussion with filmmaker Laura Poitras.
The Oath [90 min, USA] is a family drama about two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a journey that would lead to Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay Prison, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Co-sponsor: The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Location: Kevorkian Center Screening Room, 50 Washington Square South (enter at 255 Sullivan Street)
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Colloquia/Lecture Series
“The Problem with Humanitarianism"
Diddier Fassin (School of Social Science/Institute for Advanced Study/Princeton University)
In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology: “The Problem with Humanitarianism: Towards a Critical Moral Anthropology”
Co-Sponsor: Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Location: Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, One Washington Place
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Colloquia/Lecture Series
Pink Cake, Red Eyes, Colored Photos
Jennifer Deger (University of New South Wales/Anthropology/Centre for Contemporary Art and Anthropology, Research Fellow, NYU Center for Religion and Media)
In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology: "Pink Cake, Red Eyes, Colored Photos: Loss, Desire and Indigenous Aesthetics in Northern Australia"
Co-Sponsor: Department of Art History
Location: Silver Center, Room 300, 100 Washington Square East
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Screening/Panel Discussion
Deborah Willis, Connie Field, Karen Murphy, Graeme Simpson, Sean Jacobs
From Selma to Soweto [90 min, 2010] is the dramatic story of how the United States, a vital ally of South Africa, became a battleground in the anti-apartheid movement. This film is part of Have You Heard from Johannesburg, a 7-part documentary series about the worldwide effort to end apartheid in South Africa.
Post-screening panel with filmmaker Connie Field, Karen Murphy (Facing History and Ourselves), Graeme Simpson (Interpeace), and Sean Jacobs (New School). Moderated by Deborah Willis (Photography + Imaging).
Co-sponsored by Art and Public Policy (TSOA), Social and Cultural Analysis/Africana Studies (FAS), Facing History and Ourselves, the NYU Center for Multicultural Education and Active Voice.
A presentation of The Multiple Identity Film Series of the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs.
For more information about the Have You Heard from Johannesburg Global Engagement Project, see: www.activevoice.net
Location: King Juan Carlos Center Screening Room, 53 Washington Square South
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Symposium
"The Meaning of Averroës and Maimonides for Our Times"
Jacob Bender, Director
Screening: 10 AM - 12 PM, Out of Cordoba, directed by Jacob Bender [82 min, 2010]
Panel discussions: 12 PM - 6 PM
"The Meaning of Averroës and Maimonides for Our Times: How to Make the Mediterranean Space a Community of Reason, Tolerance, Progress and Prosperity."
A post 9/11 journey through Europe and the Middle East shows how the ideas of medieval Spanish Muslim philosopher Averroës and Rabbi Moses Maimonides are used today to advance tolerance.
For a schedule of panel discussions see http://www.centerfordialogues.org
Presented by the NYU Center for Dialogues Islamic World-US-The West.
Location: King Juan Carlos Center Screening Room, 53 Washington Square South
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Colloquia/Lecture Series
“What do Middle-Aged Hasidic Women Want?"
Ayala Fader, Anthropology, Fordham University
In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology: “What do Middle-Aged Hasidic Women Want? Self-Help Cassettes and Everyday Ethics”
Co-Sponsor: Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Location: Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, One Washington Place
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Film Festival
REEL CHINA 5th Documentary Biennial
Department of Cinema Studies, NYU China House, and the Asian Cultural Council
New documentary work, revealing startling aspects of a China rarely seen, ranges from great public disasters such as the Sichuan earthquake of May ’08, to the private lives of parents, children and lovers in the exuberantly uncontrollable cities of economic reform.
Post-screening discussions with filmmakers including Du Haibin and Huang Weikai.
Co-sponsors: The department of Cinema Studies, NYU China House, and the Asian Cultural Council.
Location: Cinema Studies Screening Room, 721 Broadway, 6th floor
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Colloquia/Lecture Series
Patricia Spyer (Anthropology/University of Leiden/ NYU Global Distinguished Professor)
In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology: "Images Without Borders: Violence, Visuality, and Landscape in Postwar Ambon, Indonesia"
Co-sponsor: The Department of Art History.
Location: Silver Center, Room 300, 100 Washington Square East
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Screening/Discussion
Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of Hope
George Stoney and Robin Nagle
Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of Hope, a film by George Stoney with David Bagnall, David Olive and Julio Wainer.
A compilation of material recorded with the Brazilian educational philosopher during his final decade.
Discussion to follow with filmmaker George Stoney and his collaborators. Moderated by Robin Nagle (Draper Program).
Location: 721 Broadway, Room 006
