“A moving exploration of the meaning of home.” Beandrea July, Hollywood Reporter.
An Angolan woman and her daughter reunite with their husband and father after spending 17 years in exile. Now strangers, they find common ground in their shared love of dance.
NR; 101 minutes
In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Over eight years, she tracked down and tape-recorded more than 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. However, Kuehl’s book was never finished and the tapes never heard—until now.
NR; 96 minutes
As guest curator for this Tuesday Evenings with the Modern program, Annette Lawrence, an artist who participated in Tuesday Evenings in both fall of 1995 and spring of 2017, has invited Nikky Finney to present “Nikky Finney: An Ekphrastic Life.”
As guest curator for this Tuesday Evenings with the Modern program, lauren woods, an artist who participated in Tuesday Evenings in November 2015 and again as part of “Reading Monuments,” a series of panels in October 2018 and March 2019, has invited Mendi + Keith Obadike to present “Recent Work.”
As guest curator for this Tuesday Evenings with the Modern program, Alejandro Cesarco, an artist who has participated in Tuesday Evenings in both the fall of 2011 and fall of 2019, has invited Kandis Williams to present her work as both an artist and as founder and editor of Cassandra Press.
Modern Contemporaries members are invited to reserve a private tour of Fort Worth’s newest art gallery! Studio Cufflink, founded in 2020 by Doug Gault and Joey Luong, is a contemporary art space providing a platform for emerging and established artists.
For 100 years, the US Postal Service has run Operation Santa, which filters hundreds of thousands of letters addressed to Santa and delivers them not to the North Pole but to program centers around the country, from New York City to small towns where the post office is often the heart of the community. From there, the letters are sent to strangers who, out of the goodness of their hearts, help deliver toys to those in need and make some dreams come true.
“A worthy entry in the category of workers’ rights movies, Radium Girls, like Silkwood, is based on actual events. Directors Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny Mohler reveal a little-known part of history with a loudly beating feminist heart and a narrative grounded in reality.” Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, New York Times.
In the 1920s, a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.
109 minutes
“The film is a masterpiece, . . . see it any way you can.” Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine. Winner of the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London—yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history—Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics.
Join us at the Modern Shop, in-store or online, for our annual members’ holiday shopping experience. Double your member discount all weekend and enjoy 20% off regularly priced merchandise!* Spend $75 in-store or online and be entered to win a holiday gift basket (value $300).
