Watch films at your leisure in advance and then join the free virtual discussions led by Shannon Skelton, Assistant Professor at K-State School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
All virtual discussions are free and open to the public. Email questions at beachart@k-state.edu or sbskelton@k-state.edu
Theme: Perspectives
April 28, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Virtual discussion on Experimental Short Films.
Various Years
Directors: Kenneth Anger, Chris Marker, Maya Deren, Shirley Clarke and others.
Streaming: YouTube (free). Click here to view the playlist.
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Move beyond the realms of narrative into the world of image and thought with these experimental shorts. From Chris Marker’s science fiction masterpiece La Jetee and Kenneth Anger’s Queer Cinema landmark Scorpio Rising to Maya Deren’s poetic Meshes in the Afternoon, these films will transport you to new worlds beyond the expectations and limitations of traditional cinema.
May 5, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada).
Virtual discussion on Frida (US/MEX), 2002
Director: Julie Taymor
Streaming: Netflix (free with subscription), Amazon, YouTube, iTunes .
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Theatre and film visionary Julie Taymor (Broadway’s The Lion King) sculpts a vivid and phantasmagoric world of passion, politics and painting to chronicle the life of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. With Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush and Antonio Banderas.
Part of the Beach Museum of Art’s ‘Art in Motion’ annual program series.