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May 11th, 2008
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Welcome by Laura
Kaminsky, Festival & Symposium Producer
Part of AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA:Traditions, Revolutions
and Innovations, A Festival and Symposium.
Presented by Purchase
College School
of the Arts, in collaboration with Symphony Space, The Business Council for
International Understanding, The Africa Institute of the American Jewish
Committee and The New York Immigration Coalition.
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Moderator: Leslie King Hammond, Graduate Dean, Maryland Institute College of Art;
Panelists:
Louis Cameron, Charles Labelle, Fo
Wilson
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Directed by Ray Vega. Featuring the New York premiere of Mr. Santos’ “The
Palladium Suite,” commissioned by Purchase College with the support of the New
York State Music Fund
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Introduced by Laura
Kaminsky, Purchase College; conference/symposium coordinator;
Panelists:
Tandia Bakary, Adama Diop, Imam Souleymane Konate
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Conducted by Tania León. Works by Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, Revueltas: Sensemaya, Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige, Tania León: Ácana, commissioned by Purchase college
with support from the New York State Music Fund.
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“Extraordinarily graceful. Each image is lucid, precise, and
essential.” –The New Yorker
Manoel de Oliveira. 2007. France/Portugal. 70 min. Michel
Piccoli. In this sequel, 38 years after the end of Belle de Jour, a
former playboy begins a cat-and-mouse game with his late best friend’s widow.
Did he reveal her secret to him?
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“Divine madness, full of comedy, romance, opera and murder.”
–Rolling
Stone
Jean-Jacques Beineix. 1981. France. 117 min. Color. For Jules, there is no greater singer than diva Cynthia Hawkins. Because she refuses
to make records, he secretly records her. But when his tape gets mixed-up with
a recorded criminal confession, he finds himself at the center of blackmail and
danger. Winner of 4 César awards.
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The New
York premiere of a commissioned new work by Kevin
Wynn, set to the music of Tania León, plus excerpts from Dianne McIntyre’s Lyric Fire and Bill T. Jones’ D’Man in the Waters.
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