Afterimage: Agnieszka Holland
Afterimage: Agnieszka Holland
October 25–28, 2018
Born in Poland, educated in Prague, and active internationally, the illustrious director for film and television joins us to discuss her work.
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Provincial Actors
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A Woman Alone
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Burning Bush
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In Darkness
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
Provincial Actors
Agnieszka Holland
Poland, 1979Digital Restoration
Thursday, October 25 7 PMAgnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in ConversationView DetailsThe life, times, cares, and disasters of a provincial theater group are brought to life in Holland’s metaphorical comedy, tinged with the lighthearted yet profoundly moving aura of the Czech New Wave.
Burning Bush, Part 1
Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, 2013Friday, October 26 4 PMView DetailsThe first episode in a three-part miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the 1969 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. “Long on narrative power, emotional conviction, and moral responsibility” (The Nation).
A Woman Alone
Agnieszka Holland
Poland, 1981/87Digital Restoration
Friday, October 26 7 PMAgnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in ConversationView DetailsA divorced postal worker in Solidarity-era Poland begins a love affair with a younger man, but hope for a new beginning is soon shattered. Holland’s last work before leaving Poland, the film was suppressed for years because of its biting social critique.
Burning Bush, Part 1
Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, 2013Saturday, October 27 4 PMView DetailsThe first episode in a three-part miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the 1969 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. “Long on narrative power, emotional conviction, and moral responsibility” (The Nation).
Burning Bush, Part 2
Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, 2013Saturday, October 27 6:15 PMView DetailsThe second entry in Holland’s fact-based miniseries about the self-immolation of a student protester in Czechoslovakia and the aftermath of that tragedy. “Holland [is] in masterful form” (The Nation).
Burning Bush, Part 3
Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, 2013Saturday, October 27 7:45 PMAgnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in ConversationView DetailsThe conclusion of Holland’s miniseries about protest and its consequences in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a subject that “aligns with a key focus in her work: the question of human morality and how it withstands a fraught situation” (Variety).
In Darkness
Agnieszka Holland
Poland, Germany, Canada, 2011Sunday, October 28 2 PMAgnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in ConversationView DetailsDuring the Nazi occupation of Lvov, Poland, a sewage worker profits by hiding a group of fugitive Jews in the town’s sewers. This claustrophobic, searing drama is “the most volatile film Holland has directed. . . . Honesty is the movie’s greatest strength” (David Denby).