MFAH Virtual Cinema
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Now screening in your living room: this season’s selections from MFAH Films. Curated by the film department, the lineup features new offerings along with movies originally scheduled for Brown Auditorium Theater at the Museum. Your ticket purchase supports the film program. Need any help with the streaming process? Virtual Cinema FAQs
Schedule
• Virtual Cinema in July
Behind the Scenes
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Comprehensive List
• Alphabetical Movie Guide
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and “D-Man in the Waters”
The creative process behind D-Man in the Waters comes to life in this new documentary. The 1989 ballet served as a physical manifestation of emotions prompted by the AIDS epidemic, and the impact was cathartic—the dance paid homage to the many performers in New York’s arts community who had passed away. Three decades later, choreographer Bill T. Jones guides a group of young dancers in reconstructing his work.
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The Story of a Three-Day Pass
New 4K Restoration / “Among the great American films of the ’60s” —New Yorker
A Black U.S. soldier (Harry Baird) stationed in France goes to Paris on leave and begins a whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger). This exuberant, inventive, and poignant debut feature from Melvin Van Peebles explores the psychology of an interracial relationship as well as France’s contradictory attitudes about race.
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Community Partner: Houston Cinema Arts Society
Sun Children
This timely social drama from Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi considers the human rights of children. The story follows a clever 12-year-old and his resourceful friends who struggle to survive on the streets of Tehran. When a criminal hires them to find treasure hidden underneath a school for homeless and immigrant youth, they must get themselves enrolled.
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Asia
Israel’s selection for 2021 Oscar consideration, the universal mother-daughter story Asia has been an audience favorite at film festivals worldwide.
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Against the Current
Virtual Cinema Celebrates Pride Month
Follow the journey of Veiga Grétarsdóttir through her attempt to kayak more than 1,200 miles around Iceland, intertwined with the story of her decision to have gender-reassignment surgery.
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Virtual Cinema Celebrates Pride Month
This revelatory “encounter between two lifelong friends in their own words” looks at the enduring relationship between legendary writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
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New French Shorts 2021
Travel from the heart of Paris to the beaches of North Africa through seven innovative short films that are romantic, funny, sexy, enigmatic, provocative, and tender. This year’s edition of the popular annual showcase features animation and supernatural live-action along with favorites from the international festival circuit. For mature audiences.
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New French Shorts 2021 is made available through Young French Cinema, a program of UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
There Is No Evil
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s new drama examines the universal issue of capital punishment through four powerful stories.
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Never Gonna Snow Again
On a foggy gray morning, a Russian masseur named Zhenia (Alec Utgoff, Stranger Things) arrives in a wealthy Polish community and begins booking massage appointments. His hypnotic presence and healing hands quickly make him popular with the residents, who seem to share an inner sadness. At the same time, Zhenia has his own worries: Why are two men looking for him? Poland’s submission for the 2021 Oscars, Never Gonna Snow Again is a meditation on class, immigration, and global warming, with a stylistic nod to David Lynch.
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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and the Vaughn Foundation. Generous funding is provided by Nina and Michael Zilkha; The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Lois Chiles Foundation; ILEX Foundation; L’Alliance Française de Houston; and The Foundation for Independent Media Arts.