| Contact:
Jeff Morgan, Jeff.Morgan@iowa.gov,
(515) 281-3858
(DES
MOINES) – The State Historical Museum
continues its 2007-2008 “Movies at the
Museum” film series:
April
Our Brand Is Crisis
Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m.
Admission: $5 at iowatix.com
or at the door
For decades, U.S. strategists-for-hire have
been quietly molding the opinions of voters and the
messages of candidates in elections from the Middle
East to the South American jungle. With flabbergasting
access to think sessions, media training and the making
of smear campaigns, we watch how the consultants’
marketing strategies shape the relationship between
a leader and his people. Our Brand is Crisis is an astounding look at one group’s campaign
to elect the President of Bolivia and its earth-shattering
aftermath.
May
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m.
Admission: $5 at iowatix.com
or at the door
Deemed “Fellini and Bergman wrapped
in one gloriously possessed body,” Maya Deren
is arguably the most important and innovative avant-garde
documentary filmmaker in the history of American cinema.
Using locations from the Hollywood Hills to Haiti
in the 1940s and 1950s, Deren made such mesmerizing
documentaries as At Land, Ritual in Transfigured
Time, and her masterpiece, Meshes of the
Afternoon, which won a prestigious international
experimental filmmaking prize at the 1947 Cannes Film
Festival. Starting with excerpts from these documentaries,
In the Mirror seamlessly and effectively
interweaves archival footage and observances from
acolytes and contemporaries such as Stan Brakhage
and Jonas Mekas with an original score by experimental
jazz legend John Zorn. Documentarian Martina Kudlacek
has fashioned not only a fascinating portrait of a
groundbreaking and influential artist, but a pitch-perfect
introduction to her strikingly beautiful and poetic
body of work.
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is responsible
for developing the state’s interest in the areas
of the arts, history and other cultural matters with
the advice and assistance from its two divisions:
the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa
Arts Council. DCA preserves, researches, interprets
and promotes an awareness and understanding of local,
state and regional history and stimulates and encourages
the study and presentation of the performing and fine
arts and public interest and participation in them.
It implements tourism-related art and history projects
as directed by the General Assembly and designs a
comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan with the
assistance of the Iowa Arts Council to develop the
arts in Iowa. More information about DCA is available
at www.culturalaffairs.org.
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