By Land, Sea, and Lens: Creatures on Film
This film series celebrates the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World through historic and contemporary international videos and films inspired by the incredible insects, sea creatures, birds and other animals who share the world with us.
Each title is an example of how humanity’s curiosity about non-human inhabitants of land, sea, and air, leads filmmakers to use technical, scientific, and creative means to explore insights into the natural world.
Image caption: Still from Michael Gitlin’s The Night Visitors (2023) courtesy of Video Data Bank
Saturday, August 23
Sunday, September 7
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