Filmmaker Jem Cohen in person, Saturday, February 12

JEM COHEN: CURIOUS VISIONS   Recent Shorts and Other Works Saturday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. Director Jem Cohen in person Instrument Sunday, February 27 at 5:00 p.m. Two members of Fugazi in person Since the early 1980s, American filmmaker Jem Cohen (b. 1962) has been creating a unique oeuvre of shorts and features that extends the principles of portraiture to nonfiction cinema. Working in collaboration with his artist subjects, usually over several years and in a range of formats, Cohen's work both documents and transcends conventions. This program is the initial installment of a new quarterly film event, "American Originals Now." www.nga.gov/programs/film/JemCohen.htm Films are shown in the East Building Auditorium, 4th Street at Constitution Avenue NW. There is no charge for admission but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open approximately 30 minutes before each show time. Programs are subject to change. For more information call (202) 842-6799, e-mail film-department@nga.gov, or visit www.nga.gov/programs/film/

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