Please join us on June 16th...
The National Museum of the American Indian and Tribeca Film Institute presents…
AT THE MOVIES | GrabThursday, June 16: Screening, 7 pm. Reception, 6 pm
Saturday, June 18: Screening, 2 pm
Auditorium, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green, New York, NY
Grab
2011, 56min.,US.
Director: Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo). Executive producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato. Produced by World of Wonder. Narrator: Parker Posey. Grab is an artist project of Creative Capital.
Each year, residents of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico honor individual family members by throwing food and gifts from the rooftops of their homes to the community gathered below. Luther’s film follows three families as they prepare for this ancient tradition, which has taken many modern twists. New York premiere. Discussion with the filmmaker and Josie Seymour (Laguna Pueblo) follows both screenings.
On June 16 at 6:00pm join us before the screening for a reception to celebrate the Grab project. Diker Pavilion.
Admission is free! Reservations are recommended: fvc@si.edu or 212-514-3737. Subway: 4/5 to Bowling Green, R/W to Whitehall, 1 to South Ferry.
Photographs shot during the making of Grab are on view at NMAI through July 31, 2011.
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