Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m. | STONEBREAKERS chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the United States during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election. As statues of Columbus, Confederates, and Founding Fathers fall from their pedestals, the nation’s triumphalist myths are called into question. By exploring the shifting landscapes of American monumentality, the film interrogates the link between history and political action in a nation that must confront its past now more urgently than ever. (Awen Films) Dialogue: director Valerio Ciriaci, producer Isaak Liptzin, and Rebecca Zorach, Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History, Northwestern University in conversation.

Awards & Nominations

Winner - Best Documentary Feature, Workers Unite Film Festival 
Winner - Best Film, Festival Dei Popoli

Propaganda and Counterculture Lecture Series: From the intricate relationship between propaganda, colonialism, imperialism, and globalization we will investigate the complexities of official politics and grassroots movements. This series offers a unique exploration of how film shapes and reflects the socio-political landscapes of our world. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism Department. Lecturers: Jennifer D. Lee, Mechtild Widric. Read more

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The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu