So Surreal: Behind the Masks
A screening of the film by Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson,
followed by a conversation with Aaron Glass

So Surreal: Behind the Masks is a feature documentary that traces the storied journey of Indigenous masks from the far reaches of Turtle Island (North America) into the hands of European Surrealists, influencing the work and worldview of well-known modern artists and writers including Max Ernst, André Breton, Roberto Matta and Joan Miró. The film also follows the dramatic quest to return a specific mask that was brutally stolen from the Kwakwakaʼwakw people on Canada’s west coast over a century ago. Part caper, part road trip, part spiritual journey, So Surreal: Behind the Masks follows Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond (Reel Injun, Red Fever) as he travels coast-to-coast and across the Atlantic and back, gradually piecing together this global story of influence, reconnection and restitution.

Tuesday, March 17, 11:30 am

38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall
No registration required.