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Screening: Resisting Paradise

RESISTING PARADISE (2003, 80 minutes)
A film by Barbara Hammer

The resistance of a small group of women in Provence who assisted Jews is contrasted with Matisse
and other artists who continued to paint landscapes during the Vichy period and Nazi occupation of
Southern France.

A conversation with the filmmaker will follow the screening.

Friday, October 17, 2003
Cinema Studies 721 Broadway, Room 656
Reception 5:30-6:00 pm; Screening 6:00-8:00 pm

This event is free and open to the public. For information call 212.998.3759

Co-sponsored by NYU Department of Cinema Studies, Center for Media, Culture and History,
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, American Studies Program, Center for Art and Public Policy,
and Institute of French Studies.

Barbara Abrash
Associate Director
Center for Media, Culture and History
New York University
25 Waverly Place
New York, N.Y. 10003
212.998.3759; fax 212.995.4730
barbara.abrash@nyu.edu
www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/media

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Posted on October 3, 2003 in General News by jean