Wiseman has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Commanduer de L'Odre des Artes et des Lettres. The reception will precede a screening of Wiseman's film Missile at the Empire Arts Center. The reception and the screening will be free and open to the public. The latter, shot in Austin, Minn. during the Hormel strike, explores the human cost of the rapid economic decline of America's industrial heartland. Harlan County USA was named t o the National Film Registry by Congress in 1991 and designated an American Film Classic.
All events are open and free to the public.