2016.09.24

This talk inaugurates the Art Gallery's fall exhibition, Invisible Threads: Technology and its Discontents. Among other themes of the exhibition, the artists explore the history of space travel and the future of technology.

2016.09.20

If the Global Sixties were marked by the spirit of freedom and the politics of revolt, where does Africa fit into the chronology? The continent certainly launched this momentous decade, with seventeen countries winning their independence in 1960 alone. It was the “Year of Africa,” the beginning of the African Revolution. Or so it was thought. By 1968, fourteen military coups had swept independent African governments from office and the nation-state project appeared a dismal failure. What perished in those critical years and how? What, if anything, should we mourn?

2016.09.27

Growing up in a very conservative family where many things are "haram" (forbidden in Islam), Abdullah struggles over the years to hide his love for music.

[Director: Humaid Al Suwaidi| UAE | 2015 | 97 mins | Arabic w/ English subtitles]

Speaker

Ahmed Lotfy Producer, Abdullah

Mohammed Yehia Production Manager, Abdullah

2016.09.18

This panel explores the Sundance Institute Theatre Program’s innovative playwright initiatives in East Africa, as well as its new and exciting association with Middle Eastern playwrights, dramaturges, and directors. The program’s international vision is to create open, reciprocal, and meaningful artist-to-artist and people-to-people exchanges across borders, politics, economics, and culture.