Resisting Paradise

May 11, 2018 / 19:00
May 23, 2018 / 19:00

Director: Barbara Hammer

Cast: Bettina Bergo, Rudy Binion, Jacqueline Chambord, Denys Colomb de Daunant

France, USA, 2003, 80', color, b&w, English, French with Turkish subtitles

Barbara Hammer has crafted an eloquent and richly layered examination of the artist’s and individual’s role in times of conflict. Resisting Paradise focuses on Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard’s artistic work in the south of France during World War II, while also examining the word of Matisse’s family and others in the French Resistance Movement.

Free admissions. Drop in, no reservations.

Evidentiary Bodies

Welcome To This House

Maya Deren’s Sink

Generations

Lover/Other

Resisting Paradise

History Lessons

Tender Fictions

Nitrate Kisses

Dyketactics

Trailer

Resisting Paradise

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