Drawing Lesson. Vertical Thinking, a Johannesburg Biography. Three
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In the first two of William Kentridge's "drawing lessons," "the South African filmmaker argued that rationality has often served as a mask for power and control, as ideas of what is 'rational' privilege one group's understanding of reality over another's," says Harvard Magazine. Kentridge carries that theme forward in this lecture - which is anchored by his short animated film Mine - as he delves down into "the legacy of his home country's multiple strata of historical violence.
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68 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
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Films on Demand
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