Documentary and Performance Screenings at NYC Film Venues Explore Reconstruction, Marriage, and Digital Thinkers
Nathaniel Kahn's documentary, airing on HBO, examines Reconstruction-era Southern history through the symbolic lens of a quilt. At Anthology Film Archives and MoMA this weekend, a dancer and performance artist presents a new version of her acclaimed piece, engaging themes of mortality and geological time scales. Film Forum is currently showing a film about an artist's exploration of 50 marriages, analyzing the institution's evolution in American society, with screenings running through November 18. Another documentary by David Shapiro, which won an award, screens at DOC NYC on Sunday and Wednesday. A semi-improvisational dance series is dedicated to foundational figures of the Digital Era. A separate new film about a renowned author inadvertently highlights issues of image substitution for real people. Film Forum also hosts a screening through June 9.
Key facts
- Nathaniel Kahn directed a documentary about Reconstruction in the South, using a quilt as a central metaphor.
- The documentary airs on HBO.
- A dancer and performance artist has a new iteration of her famous work showing at Anthology Film Archives and MoMA this weekend.
- Her work deals with mortality and geological time.
- An artist's documentary about 50 marriages is playing at Film Forum through November 18.
- The marriage documentary explores the institution's changing role in American culture.
- David Shapiro's award-winning documentary screens at DOC NYC on Sunday and Wednesday.
- A semi-improvisational dance series is created for the founding thinkers of the Digital Era.
- A new film about a famous author raises the problem of substituting images for people.
- Film Forum has a screening running through June 9.
Entities
Artists
- Nathaniel Kahn
- David Shapiro
Institutions
- HBO
- Anthology Film Archives
- MoMA
- Film Forum
- DOC NYC
Locations
- New York City
- United States