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| June 18, 2015 |
Time:
4:00 PM - 6:10 PM
Location: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
During the Soviet period, Georgian filmmakers often turned to cultural traditions, pre-modern, pre-industrial methods of production, ancient ethnic and folk motifs, and to times and locations that
spoke to them of their ancient past. In Sayat Nova (The Color of Pomegranates), Sergo Parajanov incorporates ancient symbols, instruments, music, dance, and some rugs in his biopic of an Armenia-Georgian court poet of the 18th century.
Remembering, recalling, re-collecting are ubiquitous elements of Georgian and Caucasian culture, Dr. Christensen will deal with this aspect of Georgian culture in general and its representation
in Georgian cinema, one of the leading “poetic strains” of film produced in the Soviet era by a people determined to maintain their own
national and ethnic identity.
Julie Christensen holds a PhD in Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures from the University of California at Berkeley. She is currently Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical
Languages at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She “discovered” Georgian film for herself while working in Moscow and has been
studying Georgian film, literature, and culture for over 20 years.
This film and lecture are both programmed in conjunction with Between the Black and Caspian Seas: Antique Rugs from the Caucasus - Selections from the Collection of Larry Gerber. Admission is free courtesy
of JCSM Business Partners. Plan your visit and claim your
ticket.
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