Afterimage: Agnieszka Holland

October 25–28, 2018

Born in Poland, educated in Prague, and active internationally, the illustrious director for film and television joins us to discuss her work.

Read full description

  • Provincial Actors

  • A Woman Alone

  • Burning Bush

  • In Darkness

  • Upcoming
    Films
  • Upcoming
    Events
  • Selected
    Objects
  • Past
    Films
  • Past
    Events

Past Films

  • In Darkness

    • Sunday, October 28 2 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Poland, Germany, Canada, 2011

    During the Nazi occupation of Lvov, Poland, a sewage worker profits by hiding a group of fugitive Jews in the town’s sewers. This claustrophobic, searing drama is “the most volatile film Holland has directed. . . . Honesty is the movie’s greatest strength” (David Denby).

    Agnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in Conversation

  • Burning Bush, Part 1

    • Friday, October 26 4 PM
    • Saturday, October 27 4 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Czech Republic, 2013

    The first episode in a three-part miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the 1969 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. “Long on narrative power, emotional conviction, and moral responsibility” (The Nation).

  • Burning Bush, Part 2

    • Saturday, October 27 6:15 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Czech Republic, 2013

    The second entry in Holland’s fact-based miniseries about the self-immolation of a student protester in Czechoslovakia and the aftermath of that tragedy. “Holland [is] in masterful form” (The Nation).

  • Burning Bush, Part 3

    • Saturday, October 27 7:45 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Czech Republic, 2013

    The conclusion of Holland’s miniseries about protest and its consequences in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a subject that “aligns with a key focus in her work: the question of human morality and how it withstands a fraught situation” (Variety).

     

    Agnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in Conversation

  • A Woman Alone

    • Friday, October 26 7 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Poland, 1981/87

    Digital Restoration

    A divorced postal worker in Solidarity-era Poland begins a love affair with a younger man, but hope for a new beginning is soon shattered. Holland’s last work before leaving Poland, the film was suppressed for years because of its biting social critique.

    Agnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in Conversation

  • Provincial Actors

    • Thursday, October 25 7 PM
    Agnieszka Holland
    Poland, 1979

    Digital Restoration

    The life, times, cares, and disasters of a provincial theater group are brought to life in Holland’s metaphorical comedy, tinged with the lighthearted yet profoundly moving aura of the Czech New Wave.

    Agnieszka Holland and Karolina Pasternak in Conversation