Film/Video

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From left to right: black-and-white still of a person in a patterned kimono who is trying to flee from four soldiers with weapons; still of a person wearing a red lion’s mane; black-and-white still of a person with short, dark hair, pulling their eyebrows together in confusion; black-and-white still of a gunfight where two people are on the ground with guns pointed in front of them and two unconscious people are on the floor; still of a person with dark hair, pink lipstick, and a blue-lined kimono.
Film/Video

Mifune + Okamoto

A five-film series celebrating legendary actor Toshirō Mifune’s collaborations with director Kihachi
Thu, May 05, 2022 – Thu, May 26, 2022
Clockwise from top left: Animated still of a person standing at the foot of a stairway lit with yellow light from a stained-glass window at the top of the stairs; still of a person looking up and holding their hand to their bare chest; still of a person sitting on top of a car, back to the camera, facing a bridge and greenish-yellow landscape in the background; still of a person smiling behind a transparent, heart-shaped balloon, with colorful lights twinkling throughout the image.
Reception Follows
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Columbus Black International Film Festival 2022

Film/Video | Contemporary Screen

Sat, May 21, 2022, 11:00 Am
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Black-and-white still of a neon-lit sign that says The Afterlight; it is protruding from a brick wall.
Columbus Premiere
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The Afterlight

(Charlie Shackleton, 2021)  Charlie Shackleton in person

Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers

Tue, May 24, 2022, 7:00 Pm
On the left is a black-and-white still from Me and My Gal featuring a man with curly, darker hair who is wearing a button-down shirt and tie. To the right is a woman with curly blonde hair; she has her hand on the man’s chest, and she’s wearing a black shirt with a white collar and bowtie. On the right is a black-and-white still from The Warrior’s Husband featuring a woman in warrior garb laying down while a man (on her right) with curly hair and a long beard looks over her.
Double Feature
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Pre-Code at 20th Century Fox

Me and My Gal (Raoul Walsh, 1932) The Warrior’s Husband (Walter Lang, 1933)

Film/Video | Classics

Wed, May 25, 2022, 7:00 Pm
Photo of the word "Upwelling" written on notebook paper
Artist Residency
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Norah ZShaw

Upwelling (2022)

Film/Video | The Box

Now Through May 31
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Still of bright orange, molten lava against a black background. The lava is full of swirling, darker orange patterns and dark shadows.
35MM Print
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Rock Bottom Riser

(Fern Silva, 2021) Fern Silva in person

Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers | Documentaries

Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 7:00 Pm

About the Film/Video Program

Our Film/Video program celebrates the art of cinema past and present through all genres and formats. With 200 screenings per year, you'll find a stellar program of independent filmmaking, international cinema, documentaries, and classics from the familiar to the forgotten. With a frequent calendar of filmmaker appearances at the Wex, we offer audiences personal insights from today’s most significant directors, whether emerging or renowned. And our dedicated video exhibition space, The Box; features provocative new work throughout the year.

The Wex is also the only contemporary art center in the country to provide year-round professional and financial support to working filmmakers through our Film/Video Studio Residency program.

Film Lives Here.

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