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The Last SamuraiFight to the Death
Edward Zwick, director of the recent release “The Last Samurai,” explains why he’s been fascinated by Japanese culture and films since he was a teenager. Maurice Tempelsman on combating AIDS in Africa. Colson Whitehead celebrates the day-to-day routines of life in New York City. And Mary Lea Bandy and Antonio Mondy talk about the idea of a hidden god in modernist art.
Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick talks about his film “The Last Samurai,” inspired by the true story of the life of Saigo Takamuri.
Maurice Tempelsman
Maurice Tempelsman, chairman of the International Advisory
Council of the Harvard AIDS Institute, on the fight against
AIDS in Africa.
Colson Whitehead
According to Colson Whitehead, "no matter how long you have
been here, you are a New Yorker the first time you say,
That used to be Munsey's, or That used to be the Tic Toc
Lounge... when what was there before is more real and solid
than what is here now." His new book is The Colossus of
New York: A City in Thirteen Parts.
Mary Lea Bandy and Antonio Mondy
Mary Lea Bandy and Antonio Mondy are the organizers of “The Hidden God: Film and Faith.” It’s a film
program opening at MoMA December 4, 2003, and running through February 27, 2004.
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