[International]
Human Right Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center
Date: Jun 16 - 30, 2011
Place: Lincoln Center
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people. The New York festival is co-presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and screens at The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
[Asia]
Ai Weiwei - New York Photographs 1983 - 1993 - Photography Exhibition at Asia Society
Date: Jun 29 - Aug 14, 2011
Place: Asia Society
Recently released after a three-month detention, Ai Weiwei, the renowned Chinese artist, activist and rebel, shows New York City through his eyes and lenses. The 227 photographs illustrate events from the infancy of the East Village’s artistic scene and include poetry readings, riots in Tompkins Square Park, and Wigstock. Also included are photographs of Chinese notables like filmmaker Chen Kaige, composer Tan Dun and artist Xu Bing. On display until August 14, $5 for students, free on Friday night.
Human Right Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center
Date: Jun 16 - 30, 2011
Place: Lincoln Center
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people. The New York festival is co-presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and screens at The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
[Asia]
Ai Weiwei - New York Photographs 1983 - 1993 - Photography Exhibition at Asia Society
Date: Jun 29 - Aug 14, 2011
Place: Asia Society
Recently released after a three-month detention, Ai Weiwei, the renowned Chinese artist, activist and rebel, shows New York City through his eyes and lenses. The 227 photographs illustrate events from the infancy of the East Village’s artistic scene and include poetry readings, riots in Tompkins Square Park, and Wigstock. Also included are photographs of Chinese notables like filmmaker Chen Kaige, composer Tan Dun and artist Xu Bing. On display until August 14, $5 for students, free on Friday night.