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SUMMARY:The Bengali: An Evening of Film and the Power of Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of film\, conversation\, and community at the Wende Museum as we explore the stories we inherit\, the identities we carry\, and the unexpected connections that shape our world. \nIn The Bengali\, named one of Nonfics’ Top 20 Documentaries\, director Kavery Kaul takes an American woman to India to uncover the past of her grandfather\, Shaik Mohamed Musa. He was one of the early group of men who arrived in the late nineteenth century and married African-American women. Her unlikely quest triggers a boldly different encounter between East and West. A personal search becomes a deeper journey into culture\, memory\, and identity\, breaking barriers and building bridges\, revealing how histories travel\, and families form across unexpected places. \nThe Bengali has inspired the #UnderOurSun impact campaign\, a digital storyteling movement that invites everyone to share their own cultural heritage and lived experience. Through in-person screenings\, lively panel discussions\, and digital storytelling\, the campaign sparks timely conversation about migration and belonging. \nThe Alliance of Women Film Journalists calls The Bengali “a lyrical and poetic documentary that shows how stories and presumptions can change\, forging connections that are rich and real — not just to the past\, but to the world at large.” \nProgram\n6:00 PM — Reception\n6:30 PM — Doors Open\n6:45 PM — Film Screening\n8:15 PM — Conversation & Audience Q&A \nFeaturing:Kavery Kaul\, Director\, The BengaliJulie Carmen\, Actress\, ProducerNajla Zaidi\, Director\, MPAC® Hollywood BureauModerated by: Lorraine Ali\, News and Culture Critic\, LA Times
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-bengali-an-evening-of-film-and-the-power-of-storytelling/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261018T170000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Afternoon Bonkhouse: Videodrome + Society
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Afternoon Bonkhouse brings a horror double feature to the A-Frame Theater at the Wende Museum ahead of Halloween. David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983) follows a television executive who finds a pirate broadcast signal that warps his mind and body. Brian Yuzna’s Society (1989) follows a Beverly Hills teenager who suspects his wealthy family and their circle are hiding something monstrous. \nEach Bonkhouse screening wraps its double feature in custom-edited reels of vintage commercials\, trailers\, animation\, and other video surprises chosen to match the films. The series began during the pandemic as a way for editors\, artists\, and filmmakers to stay connected. It now draws about 100 artists\, directors\, animators\, and film lovers to screenings around Los Angeles. \nContent warning: This program includes cult horror films with graphic body horror\, disturbing imagery\, violence\, sexual content\, nudity\, and mature themes. Recommended for adults only.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/sunday-afternoon-bonkhouse-videodrome-society/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261009T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T190659Z
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SUMMARY:IT'LL BE OK | ALLES WIRD GUT + Discussion - GERMAN CURRENTS 2026
DESCRIPTION:Discussion with Filmmaker Bernd Sahling and drinks reception in the Wende Museum sculpture garden following the screening. \nPresented in cooperation with the Wende Musem and the Thomas Mann House. \nBernd Sahling’s long-term documentary captures nearly four years in the life of Michael\, aka Stummel\, a young punker living in East Berlin in the late 1980s. A punk since he was 13\, Stummel uses aggression\, provocation\, drugs\, and punk music to escape from his troubled childhood and the rigidity of GDR life. As a teenager\, he fathers a child\, and although his girlfriend remains in the GDR\, Stummel applies to leave the country to follow his mother to West Germany. In 1988\, while still a film student at the HFF “Konrad Wolf\,” Sahling released his portrait of Stummel in the short documentary LIVING MY WAY | ABER WENN MAN SO LEBEN WILL WIE ICH\, the first film to capture the punk scene in the GDR. Less than a year later\, following the fall of the Berlin Wall\, Sahling interviews Stummel again\, capturing his experiences as an outsider caught between two opposing political systems at the tail end of the Cold War. The resulting film\, IT’LL BE OK|ALLES WIRD GUT\, premiered in 1990 at the Mannheim International FF. In 2022\, the film was remastered in HD with a stereo soundtrack. \nThis screening is part of the Goethe-Institut’s international project Alle Gegen Alles. Punk@50\, celebrating the 50th anniversary of punk \nBernd Sahling was born in Naumburg\, East Germany. After a traineeship at the DEFA Studio for Feature Films\, he worked as an assistant director on numerous children’s films. From 1986 to 1991\, he studied at the HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Babelsberg and served as assistant director under Helmut Dziuba and Rolf Losansky. From 1995-96 he studied screenwriting at Columbia College Chicago. His award-winning features DIE BLINDGÄNGER and KOPFÜBER and documentaries ALLES WIRD GUT and EDNAS TAG established Sahling as one of Germany’s prominent directors for children’s and youth films. Since 2004\, he has led film workshops with young people and has recorded podcast discussions on working methods in children’s film. He is a member of the German Film Academy. \nDISTRIBUTION\nFilmuniversität I Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF\nwww.filmuniversitaet.de \nFULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM: WWW.GERMANCURRENTS.COM \nThe GERMAN CURRENTS Film Festival 2026 is a co-production of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque with the support of The Friends of Goethe\, ELMA (European Languages and Movies in America)\, Condor\, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco\, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles\, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles\, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles\, Paulaner USA\, Paulaner Sunset\, Tupetz Wine Connection\, KRUU.COM\, and in cooperation with the German Consulate General in Los Angeles\, the Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V.\, the German Film Office\, the Wende Museum\, and DEFA Film Library as well as our media partners Deutsche Welle\, KPFK Radio\, Campus Circle\, and our educational outreach partners ELMA and Creating Creators.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/itll-be-ok-alles-wird-gut-discussion-german-currents-2026/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T200000
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SUMMARY:ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: FREEDOM Screening + Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:ESMoA is excited to be partnering with the Wende Museum to bring EVAFF to the A-Frame Theater\, part of their new 7\,500 sq. ft. Community Center. The project reactivated a long-disused theater into a state-of-the-art space for film\, learning\, and gathering\, and like everything at the Wende\, all programming there is free and open to the public. “Wende” is German for “turning point\,” which makes it a fitting home for a festival built around FREEDOM. \nJoin us for one night of selected shorts across film\, animation\, and video art\, followed by the announcement of this year’s awards. Each year’s award plaque is designed by a different LA-based artist. \nFounded in 2017\, EVAFF is a free annual international festival open to filmmakers of all ages and experience levels. Each year we invite artists to respond to a single theme in 60 seconds. \nESMoA (Experimentally Structured Museum of Art) is a public non-profit run by the artlab21 Foundation in Lawndale\, CA. We’ve hosted over 2\,000 free programs and 60+ Experiences\, reaching more than 140\,000 visitors across LA County. Always free admission\, always free programs.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/esmoa-video-art-film-festival-freedom-screening-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260831T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260831T220000
DTSTAMP:20260831T222558Z
CREATED:20260730T020923Z
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SUMMARY:The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Cinema Under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:Complimentary reception at 6 p.m.\nScreening at 6:30 p.m. \nCinema Under Pressure is a Monday night film series at The Wende Museum. It explores the struggles over what audiences are permitted to see. Each screening is paired with a discussion featuring a guest expert. \nThis month’s film is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)\, written\, produced\, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The story follows British officer Clive Candy across forty years of war\, peace\, and love. His closest friend is a German officer. \nWinston Churchill learned of the production in 1942 and asked his ministers to find a way to stop it. The War Office refused to lend the filmmakers military support. Once the film was finished\, Churchill tried to block its export. Government reviewers found no reason to suppress it\, and the film opened in London in June 1943. American distributors cut it anyway. Later prints ran barely half the original length and dropped the flashback structure that gives the story its shape. The full version was restored in 1983 and is now regarded as one of the finest British films ever made. \nFilmmaker Kevin Macdonald joins us for a discussion after the screening. Macdonald is Pressburger’s grandson and wrote his biography. He won an Academy Award for the documentary One Day in September\, and his films include Touching the Void\, The Last King of Scotland\, and Whitney. He will be joined in conversation by Aidan Victor\, The Wende Museum’s film curator. \nThis program is free. RSVPing to this free program does not guarantee admission. Seating is first come\, first served.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp-cinema-under-pressure/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T210000
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SUMMARY:Cradle Will Rock | Cinema Under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:Our Monday night film series\, Cinema Under Pressure\, explores the struggle over what audiences are permitted to see\, pairing each screening with a discussion featuring guest experts. \nTim Robbins’ 1999 film Cradle Will Rock tells the true story of one of the most infamous acts of cultural censorship in American history: the final days of the Federal Theatre Project\, when Orson Welles and John Houseman staged a controversial production of Marc Blitzstein’s proletarian musical The Cradle Will Rock\, leading to a landmark moment in the history of American theater. Robbins frames this story within a sweeping panorama of art\, money\, and power in Depression-era America\, where politicians\, patrons\, and propagandists all fought to direct artistic creativity toward their own ends. \nFollowing the screening\, writer-director Tim Robbins joins us in conversation. An Academy Award winner\, an activist\, and a founder of the Actors’ Gang\, Robbins has spent his career outspoken on questions of artistic and political freedom\, and has weathered public backlash for his own views. He joins us to discuss the film\, the history behind it\, and its enduring relevance. \nThis is a free program. RSVPs do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Limited seating is available on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/cradle-will-rock-cinema-under-pressure/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T210000
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SUMMARY:The Battle of Algiers | Cinema Under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:Across continents and decades\, filmmakers have faced censorship\, intimidation\, and exile for telling uncomfortable truths. Some films were banned outright. Others were attacked\, suppressed\, or quietly buried. The Battle of Algiers is a perfect example of the tension between creative expression and state control. \nSet during the Algerian War of Independence\, the film reconstructs the urban guerrilla campaign waged against French colonial forces in the Casbah of Algiers. What unfolds is an unflinching portrait of resistance\, repression\, and the cycles of violence that define both. Neither side is spared. \nBanned in France for five years after its release and screened by revolutionary movements and military strategists alike\, the film occupies a rare position in cinema history: it has been claimed\, condemned\, and studied by nearly every side of the debates it depicts. Those debates have not ended. Questions about terrorism and counterterrorism\, occupation and resistance\, collective punishment and state violence remain as contested today as they were in 1966. \nCinema Under Pressure presents landmark works that challenged power\, questioned authority\, and faced the consequences. This screening and conversation series examines films that confronted political systems and provoked censorship\, suppression\, or backlash in response. Each program pairs a major film with a discussion featuring invited guest experts in film\, history\, and related fields. \nOur guest speaker for this program will be Sohail Daulatzai\, a UC Irvine professor. Daulatzai explores the afterlives of empire\, Black Radicalism and decolonization across scholarship\, film/video\, text and the archive. He’s the author and co/editor of several books including Fifty Years of the Battle of Algiers: Past as Prologue. He’s directed short film/video with Yasiin Bey\, the critically acclaimed band Algiers\, and Zack de la Rocha and he’s collaborated with artists such as Rage Against the Machine\, Bouchra Khalili\, Jamel Shabazz\, Immortal Technique\, Riz Ahmed\, Suheir Hammad\, Brother Ali\, A.G. Rojas\, Chuck D\, and others. \nThe program will be preceded by a complimentary reception starting at 6 p.m.\, with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. \nRSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Limited seating will be available on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-battle-of-algiers-cinema-under-pressure/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260511T210000
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SUMMARY:Paths of Glory | Cinema Under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:Across continents and decades\, filmmakers have faced censorship\, intimidation\, and exile for telling uncomfortable truths. Some films were banned outright. Others were attacked\, suppressed\, or quietly buried. Paths of Glory is a perfect example of the tension between creative expression and institutional control. \nSet during World War I\, the film follows French soldiers court-martialed after refusing a suicidal attack ordered by their superiors. What unfolds is a stark indictment of military hierarchy\, institutional power\, and the machinery of injustice. \nBanned in France for nearly two decades and restricted elsewhere\, the film remains one of the most forceful cinematic critiques of authority ever made. \nCinema Under Pressure presents landmark works that challenged power\, questioned authority\, and exposed the consequences faced by those who dared to speak up. This new screening and conversation series examines films that confronted political systems and provoked censorship\, suppression\, or backlash in response. Each program pairs a major film with a discussion featuring invited guest experts in film\, history\, and related fields. \nThis program features Dr. Mali Heled Kinberg\, an expert in international film sales\, finance\, and distribution\, with senior roles at Mandate Pictures and MRC spanning films including Juno\, Ted\, and Elysium. She holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge and teaches entertainment economics and global distribution at UCLA’s School of Theater\, Film and Television and Anderson School of Management. \nThe program will be preceded by a complimentary reception starting at 6 p.m.\, with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. \nRSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Limited seating will be available on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/paths-of-glory/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T210000
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SUMMARY:Keeping the Faith: Films About Uganda’s Jewish Abayudaya Community
DESCRIPTION:This evening features works by award-winning filmmaker Peter Decherney exploring the history and resilience of the Abayudaya\, a Jewish community in eastern Uganda. \nFollowing a garden reception\, the program includes screenings of an Abyudaya music video and the short documentaries Days Between Rest (15 min) and The Cave Synagogue (8 min). These films document the community’s experience practicing Judaism under political repression and preserving religious life across generations\, offering an intimate portrait of faith sustained through adversity and global connection. \nA conversation will follow with filmmaker Peter Decherney and Abayudaya Rabbi Shoshana Nambi\, moderated by Rabbi Dr. Norbert Weinberg. They will address the historical context of the Abayudaya\, contemporary Jewish life in Uganda\, and broader questions of identity\, memory\, and cultural survival. The evening concludes with audience Q&A. \nPeter Decherney is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania\, where he directs the Penn Global Documentary Institute. An award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer\, his work focuses on global Jewish communities and artists working under political and social pressure. \nRabbi Shoshana Nambi is Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Beth Am. She grew up in the Abayudaya Jewish community in eastern Uganda and was ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in 2024. She is also the author of the award-winning children’s book The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda. \nRabbi Dr. Norbert Weinberg is President of Memory In Action and Rabbi Emeritus of Hollywood Temple Beth El. A scholar and community leader\, his work focuses on Holocaust memory\, Jewish history\, and public education connecting historical experience to contemporary civic life. \nReception begins at 6 p.m. Welcome remarks start at 7 p.m.\, followed by the screenings and conversation. \nPresented in part by the University of Pennsylvania. \nAs the museum will be closed during this program\, please enter through the garden side gate\, which will open 30 minutes before the start time. Theater doors open 15 minutes before the start time. Seating is first come\, first served. An RSVP does not guarantee admission once capacity is reached. No late entry.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/keeping-the-faith-films-about-ugandas-jewish-abayudaya-community/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T203000
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SUMMARY:Ruth Price Documentary Screening "The Lady Can Sing"
DESCRIPTION:This documentary traces the remarkable life of Ruth Price\, a jazz doyenne\, acknowledged by her fellow artists and the public alike\, as one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. Aged 95\, Ruth is still running The Jazz Bakery in L.A.\, a venue she founded in 1992 that remains the destination for the greatest and finest jazz performers from around the world. Her incredible story needs to be told\, not only in celebration of her artistic genius\, but also in recognition of her unstinting support and selfless championing of America’s finest contribution to the world – jazz music! \nThis screening is free to attend\, but please get a ticket to ensure you have a spot! Parking is available in the lot in front of the theatre.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/ruth-price-documentary-screening-the-lady-can-sing/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T170000
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SUMMARY:The Eyes of Ghana: Film Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:From two-time Academy Award–winning director Ben Proudfoot\, The Eyes of Ghana (2025) follows 93-year-old filmmaker Chris Hesse\, the personal cinematographer to Ghana’s first president\, Kwame Nkrumah. As his eyesight fades\, Hesse races to preserve and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1\,000 films documenting the birth of African independence in the 1950s and 1960s. Long unseen by the public\, these images have the potential to reshape the historical record of Ghana\, the African continent\, and the global story of decolonization. \nExecutive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama\, the film is both a portrait of a life’s work and a meditation on archives\, memory\, and the urgent task of safeguarding endangered historical materials. \nThe screening will be followed by a conversation and audience Q&A with members of the filmmaking team. \nNana Adwoa Frimpong\, Producer\, is Vice President of Partnerships and Impact at Breakwater Studios\, where she develops strategies that connect documentary storytelling to public engagement and social impact. The Eyes of Ghana\, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival\, is her first feature documentary. \nGabriel Rivera\, Archival Producer\, is an Emmy Award–winning researcher whose work for Netflix\, HBO Max\, and Amazon Prime Video focuses on uncovering rare and historically significant materials that bring overlooked stories to light. \nSeating is first come\, first served. RSVP does not guarantee entry. Late entry is not permitted once the program begins. \nPresented in partnership with Breakwater Studios and Higher Ground.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-eyes-of-ghana/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T160000
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SUMMARY:Go Clara Go: The Art of Creative Resistance | Screening
DESCRIPTION:During the 1970s\, the artist group Clara Mosch transformed the former socialist model city of Chemnitz\, then Karl-Marx-Stadt\, in the GDR into an avant-garde happening zone. Silent performances and plenary actions alternated with exuberant art festivals and collaborative works presented in the local Galerie Oben. Through interviews with the protagonists and archival sources\, including materials from the Getty Research Institute\, filmmaker Sylvie Kürsten sheds light on this extraordinary chapter in East German art history in her new documentary Go Clara Go: The Art of Creative Resistance (Germany\, 2025). \nFollowing the screening\, filmmaker Sylvie Kürsten will be joined in conversation with curator Isotta Poggi of the Getty Research Institute. Joes Segal\, the Wende Museum’s Chief Curator and Director of Programming\, will moderate the discussion. \nSylvie Kürsten is an independent cultural journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Berlin. Since 2011\, she has produced and directed documentaries navigating the relations between culture and society in former East Germany. In 2016\, she won the Grimme-Audience Award for her TV documentary Art and Crime The venus gone astray and has presented her works at major national and international film festivals. \nThis program is presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and the German Currents Film Festival. \nImage: Drachen-Aktion beim Pleinair in Kolkwitz-Rudolstadt © 1986 Lindenau-Museum Altenburg / Archiv Ralf-Rainer Wasse
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/goclarago/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T213000
DTSTAMP:20260205T023657Z
CREATED:20260123T215049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T023657Z
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SUMMARY:Tiananmen Tonight: Journalism and Courage
DESCRIPTION:A free screening of the new documentary about the Tiananmen Square student demonstrations in Beijing. This is a story of American journalism and the telling of truth in service to democracy. Tiananmen Tonight reveals the powerful human drama of a network television news team battling for life and reputation while courageously reporting the extraordinary student uprising in 1989 that brought the Chinese nation to the brink of democratic reform. The film tracks the entire 7 week period of the occupation and is considered to be the high point in television broadcast journalism. \nFollowing the screening\, there will be a discussion with Bestor Cram and Michael Streissguth\, the filmmakers\, and Dr. Chaohua Wang\, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/tiananmen-tonight-journalism-and-courage/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260117T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260221T163836Z
CREATED:20251220T002448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260221T163836Z
UID:10000529-1768654800-1768665600@wendemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Around the Bloc: Stories of Love and Joy From the Eastern European Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:This unique event brings together artists from a variety of disciplines from across the Eastern European diaspora\, celebrating their heritage and showcasing the radiance and beauty of their multifaceted cultures. Our goal is to highlight the love and joy that\, perhaps spitefully so\, is still present in a region that is too often synonymous with mass traumas and suffering. \nPerforming artists include writers\, photographers\, musicians\, digital artists\, and filmmakers: Anastasia Duchess\, Charents Apkarian\, Katya Richardson\, Lillian Feygin\, Maisa Imamovic\, Martha Wolnicki\, Matthew Gelman\, Nada Alic\, and Ruth Madievsky. An excerpt from Match in a Haystack\, a 2025 documentary produced in association with the Pulitzer Center\, will also be shown. \nDoors will open at 12:30pm\, and programming will run from 1-3pm\, with a wine reception to follow from 3-4pm. \nAdmission is free\, and books will be sold by a local Los Angeles bookstore. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to check out the latest exhibitions. \nThis event is a partnership with Dear Diary\, a series curated and hosted by Veronika Kelemen.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/around-the-bloc/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Music,Screening,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T220000
DTSTAMP:20251125T212732Z
CREATED:20251125T212236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T212732Z
UID:10000506-1764961200-1764972000@wendemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Mr. Nobody Against Putin: Screening and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special screening of Mr. Nobody Against Putin\, the Sundance-winning documentary that exposes how the Russian state reshapes childhood and citizenship through the classroom. \nAs Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine\, schools across the country become recruitment sites for the war. In a remote mining town\, a primary school teacher is tasked with filming “patriotic education” sessions meant to instill loyalty to the war. Instead\, he turns the camera toward the indoctrination of students\, capturing the pressure to conform and the quiet acts of dissent that survive inside the system. Shot undercover at great personal risk\, the film offers an unfiltered look at how propaganda operates on the most intimate level: the education of children. \nBefore the screening begins\, guests are invited to join a complimentary garden reception.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/mr-nobody-against-putin-screening-and-reception/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260221T163612Z
CREATED:20251103T220206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260221T163612Z
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SUMMARY:Among Neighbors: Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:“A fascinating new documentary.” — The Jerusalem Post \nA gripping documentary about antisemitism\, post-Holocaust Poland\, and the struggle to confront difficult histories. Using hand-drawn animation to bring the past to life\, the film follows one of the last living Holocaust survivors from a small Polish town and an eyewitness to murders of Jews that occurred there six months after the Nazi defeat. \nProduced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Potash (Crime After Crime\, Sundance). Executive produced by Anita Friedman (JFCS\, The Koret Foundation). \nThis screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Yoav Potash and a complimentary reception.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/among-neighbors/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum’s Community Center\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T223000
DTSTAMP:20260221T163813Z
CREATED:20251016T205042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260221T163813Z
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SUMMARY:Art for Everybody Screening
DESCRIPTION:You’ve seen his cozy cottages\, idyllic gardens\, and welcoming village streets on everything from canvas to commemorative plates. Both celebrated and disparaged for his kitschy signature settings\, the “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade rocketed to popularity in the ‘90s by marketing himself to American evangelicals and pitting himself against the elite art establishment. \nYet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism\, scandal\, and death from an overdose in 2012. After his passing\, Kinkade’s daughters uncovered a trove of unseen\, unexpectedly dark paintings\, a discovery that launched an investigation into their father’s true personality. \nThrough the voices of skeptical critics\, adoring fans\, and Kinkade’s closest friends and family\, ART FOR EVERYBODY digs deep into Kinkade’s life and work to elucidate the real man behind the persona. Accomplished editor Miranda Yousef’s directorial debut is an insightful documentary that peels back the layers of Kinkade’s facade\, delivering a portrait of a complex man divided by the same forces that continue to pull us apart as a nation. \nAcademy Award winner John Ridley will moderate a post-screening Q&A with director Miranda Yousef and producer Morgan Neville. A light reception will begin at 7pm in the museum garden and resume after the program.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/art-for-everybody-screening/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Community Partner,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T210000
DTSTAMP:20251010T180111Z
CREATED:20251010T180019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T180111Z
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SUMMARY:Children in the Fire: Screening and Q&A with Director Evgeny Afineevsky
DESCRIPTION:SECOND SHOWING ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND \nSince launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022\, Russian leaders have imposed methods for undermining Ukraine’s future by targeting its children. Russian troops are regularly accused of abducting minors\, then forcing them into adoptions or captivity so they can be re-educated as Russian patriots. \nReturning to the streets where he filmed his Oscar-nominated documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom\, director Evgeny Afineevsky invites survivors of Russia’s abductions and attacks to share their stories. \nChildren in the Fire is the collective war diary of resilient Ukrainians who witnessed the worst of humanity\, yet remain motivated young athletes\, performers and public servants. Through live-action footage and Ukrainian artists’ animation\, the documentary joins eight kids on international journeys to pursue their dreams. Each child embodies the promise of their homeland and the potential of a nonviolent world. \nAccess to the Wende Museum Community Center outside of the museum’s normal hours is available through the garden gate from the parking lot. RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Doors will open and seating will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Limited seating is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please note that doors will close promptly at the program’s start time and late entry will not be permitted.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/children-in-the-fire-screening-and-qa-with-director-evgeny-afineevsky-2/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum\, 10808 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T210000
DTSTAMP:20250924T222653Z
CREATED:20250922T225730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T222653Z
UID:10000297-1760724000-1760734800@wendemuseum.org
SUMMARY:Children in the Fire: Screening and Q&A with Director Evgeny Afineevsky
DESCRIPTION:Since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022\, Russian leaders have imposed methods for undermining Ukraine’s future by targeting its children. Russian troops are regularly accused of abducting minors\, then forcing them into adoptions or captivity so they can be re-educated as Russian patriots. \nReturning to the streets where he filmed his Oscar-nominated documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom\, director Evgeny Afineevsky invites survivors of Russia’s abductions and attacks to share their stories. \nChildren in the Fire is the collective war diary of resilient Ukrainians who witnessed the worst of humanity\, yet remain motivated young athletes\, performers and public servants. Through live-action footage and Ukrainian artists’ animation\, the documentary joins eight kids on international journeys to pursue their dreams. Each child embodies the promise of their homeland and the potential of a nonviolent world. \nAccess to the Wende Museum Community Center outside of the museum’s normal hours is available through the garden gate from the parking lot. RSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Doors will open and seating will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Limited seating is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please note that doors will close promptly at the program’s start time and late entry will not be permitted.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/children-in-the-fire-screening-and-qa-with-director-evgeny-afineevsky/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum\, 10808 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T160000
DTSTAMP:20250731T231221Z
CREATED:20250731T230302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T231221Z
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SUMMARY:Dragonfly Eyes: A Film by Xu Bing
DESCRIPTION:What do surveillance cameras really see\, and what do we see when we watch their footage? \nJoin us for a rare screening of Dragonfly Eyes (2017)\, the groundbreaking debut feature by acclaimed artist Xu Bing. Using only publicly available surveillance footage from China\, where 700 million cameras silently record daily life\, Xu pieces together an unsettling and poetic narrative about a woman leaving a Buddhist temple to find her place in modern society. \nThe result blurs the line between fact and fiction\, ordinary and extraordinary\, asking us to reconsider the nature of truth and knowledge in an age of constant observation. \nOur Counter/Surveillance exhibition offers only a glimpse of the making of this work. This screening is a rare chance to experience the full film\, and to reflect on how images\, stripped of context\, shape what we think we know.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/dragonfly-eyes-a-film-by-xu-bing/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum\, 10808 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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