Today kicks off the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival! We get a festival preview from festival director John Biaggi, and then we deep dive into the film kicking off the Festival with director Steffi Niederzoll. She’ll discuss her documentary “Seven Winters in Tehran,” about capital punishment against women in Iran. The festival runs through June 11th.
In 1998, the electronic music duo Boards Of Canada released their breakout album, Music Has the Right to Children. Twenty-five years later, as part of our Silver Liner Notes series, music writer Mark Richardson discusses the role of memory and public broadcasting in the group’s sample-heavy, synth driven tracks and interludes, how ‘misusing’ analog technologies like tape machines led them to innovative techniques, and how the record helped launch a sub genre known as “hauntology.”
Women so often don’t get enough spotlight when it comes to art history. Art historian, author and podcast host Katy Hessel seeks to change that. Hessel is the host of The Great Women Artists Podcast and author of the new book The Story of Art Without Men. She joins us all week to take us on a journey through art history to learn about the trailblazing female artists who don’t get enough attention. Today, we focus on the Impressionists and the Harlem Renaissance.
For the past month, The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit has been performing a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors“ in community spaces around New York City, from parks, to correctional facilities, to community centers. The show, a bilingual and musical adaptation set in the streets New York, is now running at The Public, and all tickets are free. Director Rebecca Martínez and composer Julián Mesri join to discuss their modern retelling and the importance of accessible theater. “The Comedy of Errors“ is showing through June 11.
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