Cinéma

So Surreal: Behind the Masks

Wednesday, August 13 - 6 pm
Grande Bibliothèque (Salle de visionnement 4e étage)

Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson

Canada – 2024

1h28-  v.o.e. s.t.f.

The documentary traces the journey of Indigenous masks from the far reaches of Turtle Island (North America) into the hands of European Surrealists, influencing the work and worldview of some of the most well-known modern artists and writers – including Max Ernst, André Breton and Joan Miró – all while following the dramatic efforts to return a ceremonial mask that was brutally stolen from the the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw people on Canada’s northwest coast over a century ago.