NORTH BY CURRENT with filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax -- Theatrical Screening

40 Arts Circle Drive,Evanston IL 60208

01 December, 2021

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Join us for an evening with filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax at the Block Museum NORTH BY CURRENT with filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax Angelo Madsen Minax, 2021, 85 min, DCP Digital An unspeakable tragedy both binds and fractures filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax’s family in this moving and formally audacious documentary. Over nearly five years of visits to his hometown of Grayling, Michigan, Minax chronicles his sister’s struggles with motherhood, mourning, and domestic abuse, as well as his own fraught conversations with his Mormon parents around his identity as a trans man. Through probing commentary and footage drawn from decades of home movies, North by Current confronts the burdens of memory with candor and care, inviting us to bear witness to the power of healing and acceptance. Director Angelo Madsen Minax will appear to introduce and discuss the screening. Presented in collaboration with the department of Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern. Image courtesy of Angelo Madsen Minax The Block Museum is Northwestern University’s art museum. The Block is a dynamic, imaginative, and innovative teaching and learning resource for Northwestern and its surrounding communities, featuring a global exhibition program that crosses time periods and cultures and serves as a springboard for thought-provoking discussions relevant to our lives today. The museum also commissions new work by artists to foster connections between artists and the public through the creative process. Each year, the Block mounts exhibitions; organizes and hosts lectures, symposia, and workshops involving artists, scholars, curators, and critics; and screens classic and contemporary films at its in-house cinema. The museum also reaches national and international audiences through its traveling exhibitions, publications and website. Its growing permanent collection of approximately 5,000 works focuses primarily on prints, photography, and drawings. The Museum is located on the southeastern portion of Northwestern's Evanston campus, near the lake and Sheridan Road. Parking is FREE after 4PM on weekdays and all day on weekends. The nearest parking garage is located at the Segal Visitor's Center on Campus Drive.  The Block is free and open to all.