This special series of silent film screenings is sponsored by the Harvard University Art Museums and the Harvard Film Archive. An introductory lecture will be given prior to the first screening. The Russian Revolution of 1917 promised the Great Utopia, but when Stalin came to power it turned into a nightmare of collectivization, industrialization and, in the arts, Socialist Realism. Roberta Reeder will discuss the transition between posters and films made in the idealistic period of the 1920s and the later works produced in the service of the Stalinist State. Talks Gallery Talks are free with the price of admission to the Art Museums.
Doors open one-half hour before concert begins.
The exhibition galleries will be open one-half hour before and one hour after the concert.