Event series
Art, Politics & Protest
CURATED BY RICHARD MOORE
George Orwell once wrote, “The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude”.
For many artists in this subversive selection of documentary films, the intersection between art and politics is an existential reality. For others – the Italian jesters in The Alien’s Dream, and Caveh Zahedi in The Sheik and I – politics is a source of provocation and ridicule.
Politics marches on, and artists are left with no choice but to respond. In too many instances, they have had to put their own lives on the line in support of social and political justice.
All films in the Art, Politics & Protest section are unclassified, meaning that patrons must be 18 or older in order to be admitted to sessions.
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| Thu 16 Oct | !Women Art Revolution 12.30pm, ACMI 2 |
The Noise Of Cairo / Self-Portrait In Handcuffs 3pm, ACMI 2 |
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| Fri 17 Oct | Through A Lens Darkly 7.30pm, ACMI 1 |
!Women Art Revolution 10pm, ACMI 1 |
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| Sat 18 Oct | Salma 3.30pm, ACMI 1 |
The Sheik And I 7.30pm, ACMI 1 |
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| Sun 19 Oct | Through A Lens Darkly 4.30pm, ACMI 1 |
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| Wed 22 Oct | Salma 1pm, ACMI 1 |
Playing With Fire 3.30pm, ACMI 1 |
The Noise Of Cairo / Self-Portrait In Handcuffs 7.30pm, ACMI 1 |
| Thu 23 Oct | The Alien's Dream: Story Of A Political Prank 7.30pm, ACMI 2 |
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| Fri 24 Oct | The Sheik And I 12.30pm, ACMI 1 |
Playing With Fire 7pm, ACMI 2 |
The Alien's Dream: Story Of A Political Prank 8.30pm, ACMI 2 |