In An Opera of the World, Malian filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and Africa. The film revolves around a performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera in Bamako, around which Diawara builds a story about migration, interweaving interviews with documentary and archival footage. An Opera of the World first premiered at dOCUMENTA 14 in Kassel, Germany. 

The Institute of the Arts and Sciences and the Center for Creative Ecologies presents: Ursula Biemann's Geomorphic Videos.

The Institute of the Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with Film and Digital Media, invites you to a screening of Ouvrir La Voix (Speak Up), 2017, by Montreal-based Afro-feminist filmmaker, activist and journalist Amandine Gay on February 19, 7:30 p.m., Communications 150.

Join us for an evening of short films by artists from across the African diaspora that engage the tropes of science fiction or magical realism to interrogate the past and imagine alternative futures. The screening will start at 7 p.m.