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Saturday, August 2
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| 1 PM
The Legend of the Sky Kingdom
Film Series on African Art and Culture |
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(2003, 74 min., directed by Roger Hawkins, Zimbabwe) Based on a children's book of the same name, this animated feature film follows three orphans as they escape from an underground city to search for the legendary Sky Kingdom. The puppets and all the sets were built from found objects and discarded detritus -- an animation style the filmmakers dubbed "junkmation."
Free; first come, first served
Related Exhibition: El Anatsui: Gawu
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National Museum of African Art
Location: Lecture Hall, Sublevel 2
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| 1 PM
Patchworks of Power: The Monument of the Book
Gallery Tour Series |
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Mughal emperors considered the albums on view in the exhibition MURAQQA' to be projections of their royal power. Join Dr. Jason Freitag (professor of history, Ithaca College) on this tour as he discusses how portraits depict the hyper-natural role of emperors and their ability to move between human and divine worlds.
Free; first come, first served
Series continues August 3
Related Exhibition: MURAQQA'
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler, Sublevel 1
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| 2 PM
Yellow Mountain
ImaginAsia Family Program |
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(ages 8-14 with adult) Explore the magical effect of clouds in Chinese landscape painting and in the photography of contemporary artist Wang Wusheng in the related exhibition. Poems and stories of the supernatural complement poetry writing exercises about Yellow Mountain and other landscapes. Then return to the classroom to create a charcoal illustration of one of your own poems. Note: Reservations required for groups over 8, call 202-633-0461.
Free; first come, first served; for groups 8+, see Note
Repeats August 6
Related Exhibition: Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 3 PM & 4:15 PM
Repetition and The Battle of Orgreave
The Cinema Effect: Part II Special Screenings |
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Note: Programs are unrated but may contain adult content.
• 3 PM: Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave (2001, 63 min.) is a re-enactment of the 1984 confrontation between striking miners and police near the Orgreave coking plant in England. The event provided an opportunity for several members of the parties participating in the original strike -- including miners and their families, policemen, the townspeople of Orgreave, the British media, and the viewing public -- to re-evaluate the chronology of the conflict and the way in which the televised images of the strike colored public opinion. • 4:15 PM: Artur Zmijewski's Repetition (2005, 75 min.) re-creates the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, but achieves a different result. Rather than accepting their roles and engaging in confrontational behavior, as in the original experiment, the modern-day "guards" and "prisoners," aware of the power of the camera to survey and control, ultimately unite against the producers to end the experiment.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays through Sept. 6
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Part II - Realisms
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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