Film Screening of Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation by Manthia Diawara
Free Admission. Please register in advance.
Manthia Diawara’s film One World in Relation follows the Martinican thinker Édouard Glissant on a transatlantic journey as he discusses his philosophies of creollization, relation, and history. Following the screening will be a discussion with the director and artist Asad Raza, cocurator of Americas Society Visual Arts exhibition Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking. This program is presented in partnership with the Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Learn more about the exhibition Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking.
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Image: Édouard Glissant: Poèmes complets, 2017. Video; color, sound, 26:45 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the director and Asad Raza.
6:30 p.m.
Exhibition Funders
The exhibition Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking is organized in partnership with the Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami Libraries.
It is made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Additional support is provided by Genomma Lab Internacional and Mex-Am Cultural Foundation. In-kind support is graciously provided by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita Brodsky; Galeria Almeida e Dale; Kaeli Deane, Phillips; Diana Fane; Boris Hirmas; Isabella Hutchinson; Carolina Jannicelli; Roberto Redondo and Carlos Manso; Erica Roberts; Sharon Schultz; Herman Sifontes; Axel Stein; Edward J. Sullivan; and Juan Yarur Torres.
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