Events
Philip Glass: film scores
Renowned contemporary composer Philip Glass is the composer in residence for the Scotia Festival of Music (25 May to 6 June). As part of a joint fund-raising venture between the Festival and the Gallery, Mr. Glass has kindly agreed to give a special lecture on his film scores, which will take place on Thursday, 27 May at 5:00pm in the Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre. Tickets for the lecture may be obtained from the Gallery at $10 each. To complement this lecture, the Gallery is screening a series of films for which Glass composed the music.
Taking the Helm: Black Filmmakers from Three Continents
From Oscar Micheaux to Melvin Van Peebles this survey highlights films by Black Directors from Africa, Europe and North America. This series will include a lecture by Black filmmaker, critic and curator Cameron Bailey.
3 February - Body and Soul
Oscar Micheaux, USA, 1925, 82 minutes
Early British Moderns
Three films to complement the exhibition Sargent to Freud: a drama, a comedy and a documentary, all featuring early British Modern painters, real and imagined.
13 January - Carrington
Christopher Hampton, Britain, 1995, 122 minutes
Playwright Christopher Hampton catches the spirit of Bloomsbury in this film biography of the painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and her companion, the eccentric and gay Edwardian writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce).
January 20 - Ben Nicholson: Razor Edge
