The Museum of Modern Art will be showing the film series Black Wave to White Ray: Yugoslav Films of the 1960s at The Museum of Modern Art on September 7th through 21st.
When the critic Vladimir Jovii coined the term “Black Wave” in 1969, he meant it as a dismissive nickname for a Yugoslavian national cinema that had become, in his opinion, unhealthily fixated on the dark side of human experience. Filmmakers such as Dušan Makavejev, Aleksandar Petrovi, and ivojin Pavlovi dealt with once-taboo topics like sex, war, and social alienation with a distinctive dark humor and brilliant formal invention. Although many of these films were banned or censored by the country’s socialist government, they attracted enough international attention to achieve a measure of freedom unthinkable in the other Eastern Bloc countries. Unfortunately, many of these films disappeared from distribution when the national government collapsed amid the civil wars of the 1990s. This 15-film program is a preliminary attempt to reclaim some of that lost work, as selected by film historian Mina Radovic with the gracious cooperation of the Yugoslav Cinematheque and Delta Video of Belgrade, the Croatian Film Archive, the Slovenian Film Centre, and the Cinematheque of North Macedonia.
Videos
New York Sings the Breithaupt Brothers Songbook
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater (11/16 - 11/16) | ||
Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 12/30) | ||
CLASSICS IN SHORT
Mitu Theater (11/18 - 11/18)
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
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Cool Stories vol 9
Marjorie S Deane Little/The YMCA (11/22 - 11/22) COMEDY NEW PLAY | ||
Tin Church
Chain Theatre (10/23 - 11/23) NEW PLAY
PHOTOS
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Dvorak: Chamber Music Survey, Sullivan Qt
Bohemian National Hall NYC (11/12 - 11/12) CONCERT | ||
Dreams on 81
The Secret Theatre (11/14 - 11/16) NEW PLAY | ||
3rd Gen- A Survivor's Story
KnJ Theater (11/16 - 11/17)
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
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Staten Island JAZZ Festival 36
St. George Theatre (12/20 - 12/20) | ||
Ha! or Nah!: Holiday Ha-Tacular!
Capish?! Club: Misfit Comedy Space (12/5 - 12/5) | ||
LaughMasters: The Most Serious Comedy Competition
Caveat (11/8 - 11/8) | ||
DOM WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL
The Cutting Room (12/14 - 12/14) | ||
Fun in Moderation
Caveat (11/15 - 11/15) | ||
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