Shown in conjunction with Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-time Star, Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer increasingly detached from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse. Directed by Charles Burnett, the film was shot on 16mm black-and-white […]
In conjunction with our exhibition, Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists, NAM will screen several short films* by influential women directors, including Maya Deren, Germaine Dulac, and Joyce Wieland. Free and open to the public. Contact Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu with questions. The museum will be open one hour prior to screening. *films presented as digital […]
Drop by Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center for a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's "Que Viva Mexico" (1931) with an introduction by Fabiola Ramirez Gutierrez, PhD Candidate at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. This event is #free and open to the public!
Join us for a free screening of “All On A Mardi Gras Day,” directed by Royce Osborn, a prominent filmmaker known for his work chronicling African American cultural celebrations in New Orleans.
Drop by Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University for a free screening of two films documenting the treatment of formerly and currently incarcerated women. "Sin by Silence" documents inside the California Institution for Women as the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history shatters the misconceptions of domestic […]
Drop by Freeman Auditorium for a free screening of The House I Live In. Filmed in more than twenty states, the film captures heart-wrenching stories of those on the front lines of the ‘War on Drugs’ — from the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal […]
Drop by Freeman Auditorium for a screening of the award-winning film If Beale Street Could Talk based on James Baldwin's book of the same name.
Join director Anne Rolfes in Freeman Auditorium for a screening of her new documentary Women of Cancer Alley, followed by a conversation on citizen activism and environmental equality with Sharon Lavigne, founder of RISE ST. JAMES, who also appears in the film. This event is produced in partnership with The New Orleans Center for the […]
Join us for a screening in Freeman Auditorium of Laura Dunn's 2000 documentary Green which presents a sobering look at environmental concerns along the Mississippi Petrochemical Corridor from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. This event is produced in partnership with Howard-Tilton Memorial Library.
5 to 7 pm – Enjoy a look back at the video shorts and media created by 2-Cent Entertainment —the youth education social enterprise co-founded by Bmike Odums that produced mixed-media content and events in the overlap between pop culture and social awareness. Celebrate the creativity and energy of this hip-hop-oriented, socially-minded, grassroots, entertainment company […]
