Events
Halifax in Hollywood
On the cusp of the 100th Anniversary of the first feature film made in Canada—Evangeline, shot in Halifax in 1913—the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Atlantic Film Festival present a seven-film retrospective of Nova Scotians and a Nova Scotian story populating Hollywood’s Golden Age in the 1930s. Two stars—David Manners and Ruby Keeler—were once Tinseltown’s biggest stars.
Four From Sidney Poitier
Arguably the most important African American actor in screen history, Sidney Poitier appeared in a series of groundbreaking films in the 1960s that directly addressed issues of race in both the United States and Britain. The Dalhousie Art Gallery will show four of these movies on four Monday evenings as part of Black History Month.
SCREENINGS MONDAYS AT 8 PM / FREE ADMISSION
6 February - Lilies of the Field
Two Centuries of Charles Dickens
The greatest novelist of the English language and one of the most imposing figures in all of world literature, Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago in 1812. Immensely popular in his own time—where he helped define the Victorian Era along with Queen Victoria herself—Dickens’ work has endured in film and television so much so that the latest round of landmark small-screen epics like The Wire and The Sopranos can—and have been—described as ‘Dickensian’ in scope, ambition and execution.
Werner Herzog Survey
Along with Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog is the most recognizable of the New German filmmakers who emerged in the 1970s. His questing, unconventional attitude has resulted in an ongoing career that alternates drama and documentary with a quizzical sense of humour and a generous sense of humanity. In the last decade, however, Werner Herzog has reached a new plateau of cinematic expressiveness that sees his own bemused personality take centre stage. We are pleased to present a short retrospective of his work, with a concentration on his most recent films.
Cult Films at Five
The annual collaboration between the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Atlantic Film Festival will present seven classic cult films for free viewing at five o’clock for the week of the festival. This year’s selection consists of controversial, late-night and niche films that have built their reputations outside of mainstream exhibition in unconventional public screenings.
DAILY SCREENINGS AT 5 PM. FREE ADMISSION.
African American Film Biographies
Iconic leaders of the African American Civil Rights Movement are the focus of this series that presents the struggles for Afrocentric identity as seen through the eyes of African American filmmakers immersed in the Black Experience.
Last Takes: Final Films by Great Directors
Critics such as Edward Said have written extensively about the late works of composers and other artists but relatively little light has been shed on the last films by significant film directors.
