Monday, 1 May |
TIME | LOCATION | EVENT |
10:00-12:30 | CL 208-B | Aleksandr Zarkhi's and Iosif Kheifits' My Motherland (1933) [80 min] [NO SUBTITLES] Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg) Discussion leader: Peter Kenez, University of California, Santa Cruz |
12:30-1:55 | | Lunch |
2:00-5:00 | Frick Fine Arts Auditorium | Vsevolod Pudovkin's Heir of Ghenghis Khan (1928) [126 min] With live music by Antithesis Faculty directors: Rick McNerny and Ben Opie Introducer: Alyssa DeBlasio, University of Pittsburgh Discussion leader: Andrew Chapman, University of Pittsburgh |
7:00 | | Opening Reception |
Tuesday, 2 May |
10:00-12:30 | CL 208-B | Edmond Keosaian's The Elusive Avengers (1966) [74 min] Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow) Discussion leader: Alexander Prokhorov, College of William and Mary |
12:30-1:55 | | Lunch |
2:00-4:30 | CL 208-B | Emil' Lotianu's The Gypsy Camp Rolls into the Sky (1976) [101 min] Introducer: Elena Prokhorova, University of Richmond Discussion leader: Tim Schlak, University of Pittsburgh |
Wednesday, 3 May |
10:00-12:30 | CL 208-B | Aleksandr Mitta's Tale of How Tsar Peter Married off His Negro (1976) [100 min] [NO SUBTITLES] Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow) Discussion leader: David MacFadyen, University of California, Los Angeles |
12:30-1:30 | | Lunch |
1:30 | | Visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water |
7:30 | Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Vladimir Korsh-Sablin's Seekers of Happiness (1936) [81 min] Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg) |
Thursday, 4 May |
10:00-12:30 | CL 208-B | Mikhail Dubson's The Border (1935) [81 min] [NO SUBTITLES] Introducer: Gerald McCausland, University of Pittsburgh Discussion leader: Julie Draskoczy, University of Pittsburgh |
12:30-1:55 | | Lunch |
2:00-4:30 | CL 208-B | Aleksandr Askol'dov's Commissar (1967/1987) [105 min] Introducer: Petre Petrov, University of Pittsburgh Discussion leader: Elena Monastireva Ansdell, Bowdoin College |
7:30 | Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Grigorii Aleksandrov's Circus (1936) [89 min] Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow) |
Friday, 5 May |
10:00-12:30 | CL 208-B | Nikita Mikhalkov's Close to Eden (1991) [109 min] Introducer: Olga Klimova, University of Pittsburgh Discussion leader: Tony Anemone, College of William and Mary |
12:30-1:55 | | Lunch |
2:00-4:30 | CL 208-B | Pavel Lungin's Roots (2005) [103 min] Introducer: Michelle Kuhn, University of Pittsburgh Discussion leader: Yadwiga Semikolenova, University of Pittsburgh |
7:30 | Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Aleksei Balabanov's Dead Man's Bluff (2005) [110 min] Introducer: Dawn Seckler, University of Pittsburgh |
Saturday, 6 May |
11:00-12:30 | | Closing roundtable at Hemingway's Led by: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh and Vladimir Padunov, University of Pittsburgh |
12:30-2:00 | | Lunch |
2:00 | | Visit to Andy Warhol Museum |
7:30 | Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Larisa Sadilova's Needing a Nanny (2005) [110 min] Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow) |