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Tuesday, August 19
11 AM-1 PM & 2-4 PM
Demonstration Native Boatbuilding Traditions: Chippewa Birch Bark Canoe
Demonstration
Two canoe builders -- a master and an apprentice -- from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa demonstrate and discuss the process of birch bark canoe building while constructing a full-size birch bark canoe.
Free
Repeats daily through Aug. 21
National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Potomac Atrium
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12 Noon & 1:15 PM
Film Repetition and The Battle of Orgreave
The Cinema Effect: Part II Special Screenings
Note: Programs are unrated and may contain adult content.

• 12 Noon: Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave (2001, 63 min.) is a re-enactment of the 1984 confrontation between striking miners and police near the Orgreave coking plant in England. The event provided an opportunity for several members of the parties participating in the original strike -- including miners and their families, policemen, the townspeople of Orgreave, the British media, and the viewing public -- to re-evaluate the chronology of the conflict and the way in which the televised images of the strike colored public opinion.

• 1:15 PM: Artur Zmijewski's Repetition (2005, 75 min.) re-creates the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, but achieves a different result. Rather than accepting their roles and engaging in confrontational behavior, as in the original experiment, the modern-day "guards" and "prisoners," aware of the power of the camera to survey and control, ultimately unite against the producers to end the experiment.
Free; first come, first served
Repeats Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays through Sept. 6
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Part II - Realisms

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Ring Auditorium
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2:15 PM
Family Special Tour Performance Portraits Alive!
Tour, with Performances
This theatrical tour offers an innovative journey that breathes life into the people featured in paintings, prints, and photographs in the National Portrait Gallery. Visitors stop at 11 different portraits throughout the museum and watch Teen Ambassadors perform brief biographical narratives featuring such people as Charlie Chaplin, Dorothy Dandridge, Jean Grae, Coretta Scott King, and Buster Keaton. The dramatic interpretations are written and performed by teens who have participated in a 10-week youth program at the Portrait Gallery that fuses the disciplines of history and theater.
Free; first come, first served
Series continues August 20-22
National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street lobby
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