University of Washington in Seattle

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

 

Cordially invites you to the next event in our anniversary series

 

50 Years  of Polish at the University of Washington:

Celebrating Polish-American Heritage

 Polish Avant-Garde Films

1930-1945

A still from Calling Mr. Smith, 

(c) Themerson Archive

 

The program  contains eight of the best films made between 1930 and 1945.  These films, many of which have never before been presented to an American audience,  are on loan from the Polish National Film Archive in Warsaw and are shown in Seattle as a part of a national tour organized by the Polish Cultural Institute (www.PolishCulture-NYC.org). The series has been curated by Prof. Marcin Giżycki of Rhode Island School of Design, who is also Vice-President of the School of Visual Arts and New Media in Warsaw.

 These films promise to satisfy all tastes.  You will be treated to impressionism, surrealism, animation and documentary footage.  Some shorts incorporate the music of Karol Szymanowski and the poetry of Anatol Stern and Julian Tuwim.

 This event is supported by the Polish Home Foundation of Seattle, www.PolishHomeFoundation.org.

 

Detailed Program

More on the Polish Avant-Garde

More info:

Stefan & Franciszka Themerson were leading members of Polish avant-garde before WWII.

http://depts.washington.edu/slavweb/events/PolLecture.htm