Breaking the Code
This screening is free with Museum admission. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Named “best historical film” by the Dallas County Historical Commission in 2023, Breaking the Code is an in-depth profile of Vernon Fisher (1943–2023), among Texas’s most acclaimed and influential artists. Director Michael Flanagan compiled numerous interviews with Fisher, his contemporaries, and his students to offer unique insight into the witty conceptualism of Fisher’s practice and the striking independence of his career.
After the film, the audience is invited to stay for a panel discussion with filmmaker Michael Flanagan and MFAH curator Alison de Lima Greene.
This film is free with Museum admission, courtesy of Nora, Ben, and Bob Ackerley.
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
Breaking the Code
Directed by Michael Flanagan
(USA, 2023, 47 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater