Reading the Body: Premiere of Dance/Poetry Film and Panel Conversation on the Intersections of Health, Bodies, and Society

When

September 16, 2024    
5:30 pm

Where

New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Free with RSVP

We will have an ASL interpreter and film captions. You can RSVP and learn more here: https://support.nyam.org/event/reading-the-body-film-premiere-and-panel-conversation-on-dance-poetry-and-the-body-politic/e610110

Last year’s Reading the Body film premiered at NYAM and went on to garner top prizes at multiple international film festivals. This year’s film turns its attention to Body Politic, using dance and poetry to explore the fraught intersection of our bodies and our health with society.

Join us for the exclusive premier of the much-anticipated new film,Reading the Body: Body Politic, accompanied by expert panel, conversation, and reception. This event is in collaboration with Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation. Admission is free. ASL Interpretation Provided

Join us for:
Light refreshments and networking
Screening of Reading the Body
Followed by a panel conversation on the intersection of our bodies, art, and society

About BLR: we’re a literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction as well as produces live and virtual events around health and healing.