Cinema Studies Events - Fall 2016
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Antoine de Baecque
December 7, 2016
Renowned film historian and scholar Antoine de Baecque will speak of his research methods and of his latest book, co-authored with Noel Herpe, which is about to be published in English by Columbia University Press.
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Introduction to Melodrama Unbound
December 1, 2016
A meeting of Columbia University's Seminar on the Sites of Cinema featuring scholars Linda Williams and Christine Gledhill.
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APEX Santiago: Creating International Networks for Moving Image Preservation
November 16, 2016
Julio Cabrio, Jonathan Farbowitz, and Caroline Gil will speak about the Audiovisual Preservation Exchange Santiago 2016, the 5th APEX organized with Latin American partners, and will screen selections from some of the projects.
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LAURA MULVEY AND PETER WOLLEN: BEYOND THE SCORCHED EARTH OF COUNTER-CINEMA
November 11-14, 2016
Curator Oliver Fuke places rarely-screened collaborations alongside a range of works made for television. Mulvey herself will be present for all screenings, and there will also be contributions from and appearances by collaborators such as Yvonne Rainer, Tilda Swinton and Vitaly Komar.
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CROSS-TISCH: INDIFFERENCE IS FRUITLESS
November 9, 2016
Associate Professor Barbara Browning, Arts Professor Rubén Polendo, and the first TSOA Scholar in Residence, Prof. Linda Williams will speak about their deeply interdisciplinary works which will help us reassess the drama of the social in the 21st century.
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PLEASURE PRINCIPLES: BAD ASIANS, BOTTOMHOOD, AND THE BELATED ARCHIVE
November 4, 2016
Eve Oishi, Nguyen Tan Hoang, and Erica Cho will screen and discuss a variety of moving image works about the possibilities of pleasure within the queer Asian/Pacific imagination.
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Breaking the Frame
November 2, 2016
This 2012 documentary by Marielle Nitoslawska profiles Carolee Schneemann, a pioneer of performance, body art, and avant-garde cinema.
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REEL CHINA @ NYU 8TH BIENNIAL 2016
October 28-30, 2016
Screenings of outstanding contemporary Chinese independent documentaries, while also showcasing a number of innovative narrative, experimental films and animation works. Discussions with filmmakers and scholars.
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Trigger Warnings!
October 26, 2016
This is a Tisch-sponsored, university-wide forum to discuss what constitutes “safe spaces” for education. Allyson Green, Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts, will moderate.
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Home Movie Day 2016 @ Interference Archive
October 23, 2016
A three hour screening of home movies.
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ALT-AC CINEMA STUDIES: A DISCUSSION ON CAREER PATHS ALTERNATE TO THE PH.D.
October 22, 2016
An informal conversation on film and media careers moderated by Professor Dana Polan, with lunch.
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Film Preservation in the Digital Era
October 22, 2016
Restorationists Ross Lipman and Dennis Doros discuss the practice of restoring and preserving film-based works in an era when moving image production and display have gone digital.
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Day of Community 2016: Office Yoga
October 21, 2016
PhD candidate, dancer, and certified yoga instructor Sylvie Vitaglione will lead a series of poses to focus on tight hips, stiff necks and sore lower backs while also bringing mobility to the wrists and ankles in this school-wide Tisch event.
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Ernie Gehr: “What Is an Unfinished Work?”
October 19, 2016
Experimental lecture by a mind-expanding artist and filmmaker, with 16mm film screenings.
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A FLICKERING TRUTH @ 2016 MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL
October 14, 2016
The US film premiere of "A Flickering Truth," with director Pietra Brettkelly in attendance.
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In Conversation with Susan Stryker
October 7, 2016
Zeb Tortorici and Chris Straayer lead a discussion with professor, author, filmmaker, and theorist Susan Stryker, whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality.
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SPARKS OF LIFE: ELECTRICITY, ANIMALITY, AND FILM
October 6, 2016
A lecture by Anat Pick exploring the intersections of electrical and political power in the age of visual spectacle.
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THE STRANGLED SEA
October 5, 2016
A screening and discussion of the 2015 Japanese film about the construction of the infamous U.S. military base in the sea of Henoko, Okinawa.
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Outside of the Network
September 28, 2016
A talk by Cinema Studies associate faculty Nicole Strarosielski about the environments that undersea cable systems traverse, exposing the unseen labor and technopolitical formations that sustain everyday internet connections.
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Tell the Prime Minister
September 21, 2016
A screening of the 2015 documentary "Tell the Prime Minister," followed by a question and answer session with director Eiji Oguma.
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