Regeneration: Spotlight on Dorothy Dandridge
Regeneration: Spotlight on Dorothy Dandridge
Doris Berger, co-curator of Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971 at the Academy Museum, joins moderator Peter Bloom to ... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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40mins
Our River...Our Sky: Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion
Our River...Our Sky: Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion
Writer/director Maysoon Pachachi joins moderator Mona Damluji for a discussion of her film "Our River...Our Sky," which ... Read more
24 Jul 2023
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33mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
The human penchant for storytelling is universal, early-developing, and profoundly culture-shaping. Stories (folk tales,... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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10mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Hunting Hypothesis and Male Myths in Anthropogeny wth Karen Kramer
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Hunting Hypothesis and Male Myths in Anthropogeny wth Karen Kramer
The hunting hypothesis proposes that the dietary shift to meat procurement was the catalyst favoring a suite of transfor... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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20mins
Four Winters: Heroic WWII Story of Jewish Partisans
Four Winters: Heroic WWII Story of Jewish Partisans
Director Julia Mintz and executive producer Eva Haller engage in a post-screening discussion of their film Four Winters,... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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33mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Firelit Stories: Creating Imaginary Communities with Polly Wiessner
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Firelit Stories: Creating Imaginary Communities with Polly Wiessner
Some 350 to 400,000 years ago when our ancestors gained control of fire, the day was extended to provide many hours for ... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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21mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Why Humans Tell Stories with Brian Boyd
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Why Humans Tell Stories with Brian Boyd
Why are humans a compulsively storytelling species? Why especially do we invent stories, why do we tell one another stor... Read more
15 Jul 2023
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19mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Folktales Animals and the Human Search for Origins with Brandon Barker
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Folktales Animals and the Human Search for Origins with Brandon Barker
For more than a century, folklorists have indexed a vast number of the world’s folkloric narratives according to varying... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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18mins
German Big Business and the Holocaust
German Big Business and the Holocaust
Among the most striking exhibits at the Auschwitz museum are undoubtedly the mountains of loot stolen from Jews murdered... Read more
10 Jul 2023
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1hr 28mins
Exploring Modern Communities
Exploring Modern Communities
In this program, scholars Philippe Descola, Adom Getachew, Timothy LeCain and David Wengrow discuss how views of humans ... Read more
5 Jul 2023
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1hr 50mins