Wednesday September 2
THE ARTIST AND STATE: Political Art in Mexico and the US
6:30p; FREE via Zoom; RSVP here
Prequel for the Sept. 9 REDES LIVES! screening asks How did the Mexican Revolution galvanize political muralists and composers? Why was Mexico more hospitable to political art than the US? Samples Gregorio Luke’s spectacular presentation on Diego Rivera and the Mexican muralists, plus commentary by composer Ana Lara, historians Roberto Kolb, John Tutino, and Lorenzo Candelaria, and Ix-Nic Iruegas Peon of the Mexican Cultural Institute.

Tuesday, September 8
SUFFRAGETTES IN THE SILENT CINEMA
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here     
2003; 35m; Documentary; Women Make Movies’ OWOV (One Woman One Vote) Festival         
Taking advantage of the powerful new medium, early filmmakers on both sides of the contentious issue of suffrage used film to create powerful propaganda and images about women. Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema contains clips from many films from the era, including: A Lively Affair (1912); A Busy Day (1914), which stars a young Charlie Chaplin in drag portraying a suffragist; and the pro-suffragist film, What 80 Million Women Want (1913), which includes an eloquent speech from president of the Women’s Political Union, Harriet Stanton Blatch. Silent films may have passed into history, and their representations of feminists abandoning babies or stealing bicycles to attend suffragette meetings may now seem outrageous, but the struggle for gender equality and the issues surrounding representations of women in the media remain as fascinating, engaging, and relevant as ever.

Wednesday, September 9
REDES LIVES! – The Iconic Film of the Mexican Revolution and What It Says To Us Today
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here        
2020 105m  documentary
Hosted by Tom Zaniello; Introduction/Q&A by Angel Gil-Ordóñez & Joseph Horowitz
Redes (1936) tells the story of burgeoning labor rights amongst poor fishermen in a small village in Mexico, and features a galvanizing score by Silvestre Revueltas and poetic cinematography by Paul Strand. The film features some of the most memorable sequences in the history of cinema of great music wedded to the moving image. It’s also a high exemplar of political art. Why isn’t this film better known? Why isn’t Revueltas as famous as Strand? Why was 20th century Mexico more hospitable to political art than the US? Why did Aaron Copland say he “envied” Mexico’s composers? And why did the Mexican government support a film advocating revolutionary change?  
These are some of the questions addressed by “Redes Lives!” a brand-new film featuring excerpts from the acclaimed Naxos DVD featuring the classic Mexican film Redes with Silvestre Revueltas’s galvanizing soundtrack newly recorded by PostClassical Ensemble. The film includes commentary by Mexican composer Ana Lara, Pablo Raphael de la Madrid from the Mexican Ministry of Culture, and historians Lorenzo Candelaria, Roberto Kolb, and John Tutino.
Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff; Scripted and edited by Joseph Horowitz; Angel Gil-Ordóñez, PCE's music director.

Thursday, September 10
WAGING CHANGE
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here          
2019; 65m; documentary  
Presented by Women Make Movies, One Fair Wage & Social Action Media
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Abby Ginzberg (filmmaker), Saru Jayaraman (president, One Fair Wage), Nikki Cole (National Policy Campaign Director, One Fair Wage), and Cheadza Kundidzora (restaurant worker).
The National Restaurant Association, the “other NRA,” has lobbied the government to keep the federal minimum wage for tipped workers at $2.13 an hour since 1991. Facing off against this powerful lobby is Saru Jayaraman of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, who mobilizes grassroots support for a national movement to fight for one fair wage. Candid profiles of restaurant workers and their struggles to make ends meet underline the urgency to address this inequality.