Events

Sunday, August 21, 2011 (4)

Aug 21, 2011
August 8, 2011
Monday

  • IRIBA Center for Multimedia Heritage - Kickstarter campaign

  • Aug 8, 2011 at 2:00pm to Aug 21, 2011 at 3:00pm
  • Location: On Kickstarter's website: http://kck.st/ieBvUW
  • Description:

     

    Multiple award-winning French-American filmmaker Anne Aghion has spent over 10 years filming in post-genocide Rwanda where she made four films. Her latest, MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER, was in Official Selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and has since been shown around the world, received numerous awards and garnered unanimous critical praise.

    Assumpta Mugiraneza is a Rwandan social psychologist and political scientist who has done extensive work on memory, history and hate speech.

     

    Together, they’re creating IRIBA CENTER FOR MULTIMEDIA HERITAGE in Kigali, Rwanda. IRIBA Center, whose name means “the source” in Kinyarwanda, will gather a century of Rwanda’s audiovisual history from sources in Africa and Europe to make it free and accessible to the public.

    Since 1994, all Rwandans share genocide as their central legacy. Nearly two decades later, as they search for a path to long-lasting recovery and peace, discovering -or re-discovering- their common history and cultural identity is essen

  • Created by: Anita Kirpalani
August 19, 2011
Friday

  • "Mozart's Sister" Opens

  • Aug 19, 2011 at 8:00am to Aug 25, 2011 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Film Society of Lincoln Center, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
  • Description:

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    Written, directed and produced by René Féret, MOZART’S SISTER is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (played by Marie Féret, the director’s daughter). Nannerl is five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she gives way to Wolfgang as the main attraction as their father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring before the royal courts of pre-French Revolution Europe. Forbidden to play the violin or compose as she approaches marriageable age, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers her ways to challenge the established sexual and social order...

     

    http://www.mozartssister.com/

     

    Directed by René Féret.
    Stars Marie Féret, Marce Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin.

     

  • Created by: Music Box Films
 

  • citifari - photo tour

  • Aug 21, 2011 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm
  • Location: 34th street and 9th avenue, next to B&H Photo
  • Description:

    Citifari landmark tour includes the New Yorker Hotel, the Empire State building, Grand Central Terminal and the Chrysler building.
    Citifari tour starts outside B&H Photo at the corner of 34th st. and 9th av.
    - bring your best camera, a couple of lenses if you have (a standard zoom should be enough but you might want to be able to play a bit),
    - remember to charge your battery and have a memory card that will allow for some 100 shots (~ 10 shots per spot),
    - wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes according to the weather,
    - most of the tour occurs outside, wear a hat and sunscreen during sunny days,
    - bring some refreshments / snacks

    The tour should last between 2-1/2 hour and 3 hours and will end close to the Chrysler building.

     

    Check www.citifari.com for reservations and more information

  • Created by: Sam Levy