Rafiki
Dec
6

Rafiki

Kena helps her father John Mwaura run a small convenience store in Nairobi as he campaigns for a local election. Kena lives with her mother, who isn't really on speaking terms with John. Kena starts flirting with Ziki, a neighbourhood girl with colourful hair, who also happens to be the daughter of Peter Okemi, John's political rival. Kena and Ziki have a number of romantic dates, and quickly become very close, but there are tensions about displaying their affection in public because homosexuality is illegal in Kenya.

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Carrie Mae Weems
Nov
15

Carrie Mae Weems

Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power.

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The Price of Everything
Nov
8

The Price of Everything

The film The Price of Everything features a range of collectors, dealers, and artists, exploring the role of art in today’s money-driven, consumer-based society: Mary Boone, Gavin Brown, Connie Butler, Amy Cappellazzo, Jeffrey Deitch, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, Holly Peterson, Larry Poons, Simone de Pury, Gerhard Richter, Barbara Rose, Jerry Saltz, and many others.

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What is Democracy?
Nov
1

What is Democracy?

Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, the film What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted.

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Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography, Conference with The Walther Collection
Oct
20

Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography, Conference with The Walther Collection

What is vernacular photography? Generally defined as the most ordinary or utilitarian form of imagery, vernacular photography ranges from early ethnographic records to family photo albums to today’s social media. The aim of this symposium is to reconsider the uses and meanings of these frequently overlooked photographic practices, ones that often reinforce conventions of social identity but can also become crucial sites of creative resistance and transformation. Speakers from a wide range of academic disciplines will consider vernacular representations of everyday life, offering new ways to think about photography in relation to our political communities, cultural identities, social agency, and daily personal rituals.

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Introducing 'Proving Up'
Sep
25

Introducing 'Proving Up'

On the eve of the New York premiere of their opera Proving Up, composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek join writer Karen Russell ’06 for a conversation with Miller Theatre Executive Director Melissa Smey.

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Sep
22

Story I/O

Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab

Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab

Story I/O, or “Input/Output,” is an interactive one-day exploration of new forms and functions of storytelling, led by Lance Weiler, Film and Theatre. 

Co-presented by the Urban Design Program, Columbia GSAPP, and Art and Art Education, Teachers College

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