Saturday, January 6, 2024: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Continental Ballroom 9 (Hilton Union Square, Ballroom)
Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, directors (Snitow-Kaufman Productions; distributed by Bullfrog Films, 2022)
Town Destroyer explores the ways we look at art and history at a time of racial reckoning. The story focuses on a passionate dispute over historic murals at a public high school depicting the life of George Washington. The controversy becomes a touchstone for a national debate over public art and historic memory.
Filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
Session Abstract
Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, directors (Snitow-Kaufman Productions; distributed by Bullfrog Films, 2022)
Town Destroyer explores the ways we look at art and history at a time of racial reckoning. The story focuses on a passionate dispute over historic murals at a public high school depicting the life of George Washington. The controversy becomes a touchstone for a national debate over public art and historic memory.
Filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
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