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Film | Jodhaa Akbar

This massive Bollywood spectacle is a romance of epic scale. In the 16th century, the third great Mughal emperor of India, Akbar, extends his empire through conquest. For political alliance, he marries Princess Jodhaa of the Rajputs, the most belligerent alliance of Hindus. Akbar's biggest challenge now is not merely to win battles but also to win the true love of Jodhaa and overcome resentment and prejudice. (2008; 3 hrs 29 mins; Hindi language with English subtitles; not rated: most likely PG-13)

Dr. John Henry Rice, VMFA’s E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, will provide a brief introduction. This film is presented in tribute to VMFA’s special exhibition India’s Great Mughals: Art, Power, and Opulence.

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Film | Dream Sequences

Featuring works by contemporary artists from around the world, Dream Sequences is a three-day, looped screening of video, performance, and other moving images exploring Indigeneity across borders and beyond nation states. Artists included in this program deploy experimental modes of storytelling to articulate their rootedness and reconnections to homelands, culture, and political concerns. 

Dream Sequences is co-organized by Siera Hyte (Cherokee Nation), Schiller Family Curator of Indigenous American Art, and Federico Cuatlacuatl (Nahua), artist and Horace W. Goldsmith Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the Humanities at the University of Virginia, in recognition of the opening of the 10th annual Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival.

IMAGE: Mirror Shield Project (film still), 2016, Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota, born 1979)