MAKE A DISTINCTION (2021) and FIELD RESISTANCE (2019) with filmmakers
MAKE A DISTINCTION and FIELD RESISTANCE RSVP This program brings together two recent hybrid documentaries that prove that the botanical is political. In FIELD RESISTANCE, director Emily Drummer explores zones of contact between human and plant life in Iowa, from farmlands to laboratories to grain silos,…
LEVIATHAN (2012) with filmmakers Lucien Castaing-Taylor andVerena Paravel
LEVIATHAN (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, 2012, 87 min, DCP digital) RSVP LEVIATHAN plunges viewers into the sights and sounds of a New England fishing vessel, using mobile cameras, audacious framing, and heavily treated audio to explore the intersection of human, animal, and machine activity. An…
The State of Texas vs Melissa (2020) with NPEP & UPEP
THE STATE OF TEXAS VS MELISSA (Sabrina van Tassel, 2020, 98 min, DCP) RSVP As a death row inmate in Texas sentenced to be executed in less than 40 days, Melissa Lucio awaits her final appeal. Her story, captured by Sabrina van Tassel in the…
Writing with Fire (2021)
WRITING WITH FIRE (Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, 2021, 97 min, DCP digital) RSVP Journalism’s urgency and power in the face of oppression are thrillingly conveyed in the eye-opening documentary WRITING WITH FIRE. In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pratesh, the country’s only Dalit…
Night’s End (2022) with filmmaker Jennifer Reeder
NIGHT’S END (Jennifer Reeder, 2022, 82 min, DCP) RSVP “In Night’s End, an anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn. Starring Geno Walker, Felonious Munk, Kate Arrington, and Michael Shannon. Written by Brett Neveu and directed by Jennifer…
Film screening: Flesh to Spirit: Materiality and Abstraction in Black Experimental Film
Join us for a free in-person screening at the Block Museum! RSVP “Flesh to Spirit” explores the manifold ways that film artists have embraced abstract techniques and explored the materiality of film and video to represent Black experience, from the 1960s to the present. Charting…
Film screening: Environments of Struggle: Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris
Join us for a screening and conversation with artists Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris in person at the Block Museum! RSVP Focusing on landscapes of decay and material traces of structural neglect, the films of Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris challenge our perception…
Block Cinema Artist Talk: Crystal Z. Campbell — Notes from Black Wall Street
Join us for an evening with artist Crystal Z. Campbell at the Block Museum! RSVP Oklahoma-based artist, filmmaker, and curator Crystal Z. Campbell confronts the “public secrets” of American life, such as racism, gentrification, and resource extraction, by interrogating layers of history and erasure. In the…
Film screening: Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching
Join us for a screening with filmmakers in-person at the Block Museum! RSVP “Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera” is a program of short films centered on birds and birdwatching practices as vectors of social and personal investigation. With works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Margaret Tait,…
Film screening: Wilmington 10 — USA 10,000 (1979)
Join us for a free in-person screening at the Block Museum! WILMINGTON 10 — USA 10,000 (Haile Gerima, 1979, 120 min, 4K digital restoration courtesy the Academy Film Archive) RSVP In 1971, ten civil rights activists, including 24-year-old Rev. Benjamin Chavis of the United Church…