Events
Cinematic Connections in a Polarized World: How movies bring us together
Cinematic Connections in a Polarized World: How movies bring us together
Cinematic Connections in a Polarized World: How movies bring us together
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
Joel Barkan Memorial Lecture featuring Lawrence Baron
You are invited to attend the 2026 Joel Barkan Memorial Lecture, featuring Lawrence Baron.
Topic: Black is the New Jewish in Streaming and TV Series
Over the past decade, Black Jewish characters have been increasingly appearing as major characters in streaming and television series starting with Orange is the New Black (2015) and Chicago Med (2025) and more recently in Long Story Short (2025) and Boston Blue (2025). First, this talk will examine the demographic, media-driven, and political reasons...
Film Screening at FilmScene with Director Khalik Allah
The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of experimental documentary work by New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, in collaboration with FilmScene. The double feature screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director who will be in Iowa City for the Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS).
This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.
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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
In Conversation | Khalik Allah & Robert Moore
Join the Stanley Museum of Art and FilmScene for an engaging talk concluding the collaborative film series part of the exhibition Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa. This program brings together New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, here for Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS), and Des Moines-based artist Robert Moore for a conversation on the complexities of masculinities and the arts.
Following a screening of Black Mother + Field Niggas on Thursday April 23 at...