Talks & Performances

Dialogue and Discourse

Pearl Bowser in Focus

Feb. 9, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Wilf Family Salon
Program Registration

Guest curator Lisa Collins speaks with film editors and producers Mark Schwartzburt and Anthony Jamison about Pearl Bowser’s revolutionary series The Black Film which took place at the Jewish Museum in 1970. Together they will contextualize a selection from the film series for a contemporary audience in a discussion moderated by Aviva Weintraub, Director, New York Jewish Film Festival.

Free with Museum admission; advance RSVP required.

 

 

Dialogue and Discourse

Installation view of "Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum" at the Jewish Museum. Photo by Kris Graves.