History

Breaking the Code

Born to rural Texas farmers in 1943, Vernon Fisher’s childhood exposure to painting was only as “something you did to houses.” By the 1980’s, he was exhibiting alongside Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, establishing himself as one of the most…

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An Object of Merit

A short documentary about a young ceramic artist exploring the Canadian and Korean influences on his functional wares. The film examines themes of cross-cultural identity, beauty in utility, and finding purpose in one’s art. Director Biography – Amanda Ann-Min Wong Amanda…

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Before the West Coast

Showtime: Dec 8th, 5:30 PM at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe A Sports Civil Rights Story STORYLINE: The story of Coach Otis Washington and the St. Augustine High School football program of New Orleans during the thirteen years following…

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Goodbye Teresienstadt

Showtime: Saturday Dec 5th, 4:00 PM at Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe In October, 1943, six Jewish children from Denmark, were captured and put into cattle cars bound for the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Now in their seventies and eighties, the six travel back…

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Projections of America

Showtime: Saturday Dec 5th, 4:00 PM at Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe Q&A with director, Peter Miller, after screening. During the darkest days of WWII, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in…

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Awakening in Taos

Showtime: Saturday Dec 5th, 4:30 PM at the Jean Cocteau Cinema > Buy Tickets Born in Buffalo, New York, Mabel Dodge Luhan was a woman unique to her time. Her influence extended into the world of art, music, literature and activism for social…

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Beneath the Olive Tree

Showtime: Friday Dec 4th, 2:00 PM at the Jean Cocteau Cinema > Buy Tickets Q&A with director, Stavroula Toska, after the screening. Beneath the Olive Tree is based on seven notebooks found buried beneath an olive tree on the island of Trikeri, which served as…

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The New Sudan

After 20 years of terror-filled nights, there is dawn in Southern Sudan. The people of the land peek out from the doorways of their huts. They ask each other, “Will the sun stay? Will there be morning tomorrow and the…

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Jesus in India

A former Fundamentalist from Texas is ousted from his church for asking unwelcome questions about the “missing years” of Jesus – the years from 12 to 30 unaccounted for in the Bible. The Texan, author Edward T. Martin, undertakes a…

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