Lecture attendees may purchase tickets to the exhibition at the reduced NMWA and AARP member rate. April 11 Strangers in Good Company Starring non-professional actors and improvised dialogue, this moving tale of friendship and courage centers on seven elderly women who are stranded in a deserted farmhouse after their bus breaks down in the Canadian wilderness. Directed by Cynthia Scott. Cynthia Scott introduces the film, courtesy of the Embassy of Canada. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Grandma Moses in the 21 st Century .
All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Cosponsored with the Embassy of Spain. Cosponsored with The Smithsonian Associates. Director Gracia Querejeta's debut feature film is the first in a dramatic trilogy on family secrets. In the second of Gracia Querejeta's trilogy on family secrets, an archaeologist returns to Oxford where his past relationship with another man is brought to light. A young man falls in love with a woman of Romany who is dedicated to maintaining ethnic tradition without sacrificing her independence.