Public Events

MoMA Film Festival: Still Moving
August 14–17 and 21–24

The Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art in New York was founded in 1935 with the simple, yet broad mandate to acquire and exhibit motion pictures, “the only great art form”, according to MoMA founder Alfred Barr, “peculiar to the twentieth century.” This program is drawn from MoMA's permanent film collections, now numbering over 21,000 titles, and is based on its own ongoing series, Still Moving, presented weekly in the Museum's theaters. It has been organized by Steven Higgins, Curator of Film at MoMA, and author of the recently-published survey Still Moving: The Film and Media Collections of The Museum of Modern Art.

Jubilee at the Modern
Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 pm
Museum auditorium
Free admission

Jubilee Theatre operates as Fort Worth’s only African-American-specific performing arts organization, and one of only two African-American theatres in the state of Texas producing full seasons. The mission of Jubilee Theatre is to create and present theatrical works which represent the African-American experience. Sharing the African-American experience is at the heart of Jubilee’s mission, and one of the theatre’s core principles is to find and present the universal message in the works it presents, in order to attract and affect a diverse and multicultural audience. For twenty-seven years, Jubilee has been recognized as a long-standing cultural gem, a stable and innovative arts leader, and a symbol of pride within Fort Worth’s black community.

In recognition of the Kara Walker exhibition My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, performers from the Jubilee Theatre will present readings from actual slave letters interspersed with traditional African-American music.

Seating is limited. For reservations, please contact Tina Gorski at 817.840.2154 or tgorski@themodern.org.

Films

Magnolia at the Modern

First Fridays at the Modern