Penn Museum is pleased to announce a series of films with speakers, that address the theme of cultural adaptation, in association with the Penn Humanities Forum. All programs are free with Museum admission donation. The programs will take place on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm.
Listen to a short radio interview with the film series curator, Kate Pourshariati on WRTI's Creatively Speaking. (Forward to minute 23:39).
ALSO! You are cordially invited to the premier screening of our new occasional series Live from the Archives! The series will feature films by emerging artists that use archival footage creatively to tell their stories. In the first screening Elephant in the Dark: Refractions of Muslim Identity two young filmmakers will premier their first-person biographical essays, Thursday March 15th at 6pm. Note that this screening will be free and no Museum admission will be charged.
Settling Down
Sunday, March 4, 2:00 pm
Ireland's Traveller community - traditionally a rural nomadic people - have survived despite the effects of modernization. Based around the experiences of one particular Traveller community in Cork, this film looks at the ways in which Traveller culture and identity have altered as a result of broader changes within Ireland and asks what the future may hold for a people who have come under increasing pressure to settle. Speaker: Dr. Joseph Lennon, Director, Irish Studies, Villanova University. Sponsorship thanks to the Cinema Studies Department, University of Pennsylvania. More about Settling Down.
Tehran Has No More Pomegranates!
Sunday, April 1, 2:00 pm
Contrasting archival footage from the early 20th century with films of 2009, filmmaker Massoud Bakshi gives a portrait of Tehran in Iran as it was and as it continues to change, a view nearly unseen in the west. The speaker will be Dr. Pardis Minuchehr, George Washington University. Sponsorship thanks to the Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania and Penn Cinema Studies. More information about Tehran has no more pomegranates!
Future Remembrance
Sunday, May 6, 2:00 pm
Photography and portraiture in Ghana. In West Africa, people have adapted studio photography portraiture to send messages about their own status. Speaker: Dr. John Jackson Jr. Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsorship thanks to the Afrcian Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania and Penn Cinema Studies. More information about Future Remembrance.
