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Sunday, May 11
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| 12:30, 2:30, & 4 PM
Amazonia Indigena: A View from the Villages
Film Festival, with discussion |
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This festival showcases award-winning videos by indigenous filmmakers from the Amazon of Brazil. Today's films are followed by discussions with directors Zezinho Yube, Bebito Piako, and Vincent Carelli. Note: Some films depict nudity. • 12:30 PM: Xina Bena/New Era (2006, 52 min, directed by Zezinho Yube (Hunikui), in Hata Kui with English subtitles) Shaman and village patriarch Augustinho, his wife, and his father-in-law recall the brutal exploitation of the Hunikui (or Kaxinawa), who were forced to work in the rubber collection system. With the official recognition of their tribal territory, the community can now pass on their traditions to the young. Note: Washington, DC, premier.
I've Already Become an Image (2008, 31 min., directed by Zezinho Yube (Hunikui), in Hata Kui with English subtitles) From the first encounters with the white man and the ensuing years of enslavement on the rubber tree plantations, to their current work with videomaking, the Hunikui share their experience of dispersal, loss and renewal. Note: US premier.
• 2:30 PM: A Gente Luta mas Come Fruta/We Struggle but We Eat Fruit (2006, 40 min., directed by Bebito Piako (Ashaninka) and Isaac Piako (Ashaninka), in Ashaninka with English subtitles) The Ashaninka from the Apiwtxa village on Amonia river near the Peruvian border are working to protect their way of life and recover lands encroached on by loggers.
• 4 PM: Iauarete: Waterfall of the Jaguars (2006, 48 min., directed by Vincent Carelli, in Portuguese and Tukano with English subtitles) Leaders of the Tariano Indians of the northwestern Amazon region of Brazil undertake a cultural revitalization project after many decades of Christian missionization, revisiting their sacred places and reconstructing an old ceremonial house. Note: Washington, DC, premier.
Free; first come, first served
Last day
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Rasmuson Theater
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| 1 PM
Panel Discussion: Love, Marriage, and Family in the New Korea
Korean Film Festival DC 2008 |
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Join Lee Yoon-ki (director of Ad Lib Night), Hyunjun Min (programmer of the Korean Film Festival DC's section Love is a Crazy Thing: Love, Sex, and Marriage in Recent Korean Cinema), and other guests as they discuss how Koreans' attitudes towards traditional family and romantic relationships have changed over the past decade and how these changes are depicted in Korean cinema. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free, tickets (2 per person) distributed beginning at 12 noon
Series continues May 16 & 18
Related film at 2:30 PM today
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 2-4 PM
Lisle Rose: Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd
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Lisle Rose signs copies of her book Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Udvar-Hazy Center, outside Museum Store
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Abigail Foerstner: James Van Allen
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Abigail Foerstner signs copies of her book James Van Allen.
Books available for sale in Museum Store
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Air and Space Museum, outside Museum Store
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| 2:30 PM
Ad Lib Night
Korean Film Festival DC 2008 |
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(2006, 100 min., directed by Lee Yoon-ki, Korean with English subtitles) Three men approach a young woman with a strange request: impersonate the prodigal daughter of a man now on his deathbed whose only wish is to see his daughter again so he can die in peace. Director Lee Yoon-ki is present for this program.
Free, tickets (2 per person) distributed beginning at 12 noon
Series continues May 16 & 18
Related panel discussion at 1 PM today
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 3 PM
On Stage: Steinway Series
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In a special Mother's Day tribute, Peter Sirotin (violin), Fiona Thompson (cello), and Ya-Ting Chang (piano) perform Beethoven's Archduke piano trio, Rachmaninov's Trio Elegiaque, and Paul Schoenfield's Cafe Music.
Free; tickets distributed in G St. lobby 1 hour in advance
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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Consuming Art
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Artist Claudia Crisan explains her edible jewelry and the relationship between it, the wearer, and the audience. She explores the importance materials play in this relationship and offers samples of some of her sugar adornments.
Free; first come, first served
Related Exhibition: Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry
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Renwick Gallery
Location: Grand Salon
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| Last update: May 16, 2008, 09:00 |
