Leilehua Lanzilotti: Screening and Talk
The hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s closed ceramics have long captivated Leilehua Lanzilotti, Kanaka Maoli sound artist, composer, and co-curator of the exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within. Over the course of several years, Lanzilotti collected recordings of Takaezu’s closed forms, gently tapping their surfaces and revolving them so the small ceramic rattles within them resound.
Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated. Walk-ins welcome as capacity allows. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-7 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen
Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
It’s Christmas in New York City, but Frankie Bono (Allen Baron) is in no mood to celebrate the season. Frankie is a paid assassin from Cleveland just in town to carry out a hit, a man who prefers to remain anonymous and alone, even if friends from the past keep appearing in his path. Writer/director/star Baron presents a grim odyssey, aided by a jazzy score, a sinister voiceover (read by Lionel Stander). Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen
Cast: Robert Liensol, Ambroise M’Bia, Bernard Fresson. A landmark of anti-colonial cinema, Soleil Ô flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant (Liensol) looking for work in Paris. Confronted with exclusion, exploitation, and institutional racism, our hero navigates a surreal, often absurdist landscape shaped by celebrated Mauritanian’ filmmaker Med Hondo (West Indies). Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen
Cast: Edmond O’Brien, Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine
When salesman Harry Graham (O’Brien) applies to adopt a child with his wife (Lupino), a routine background check reveals a shocking secret: he’s already married to another woman (Fontaine). As Harry recounts how emotional neglect and loneliness led to his double life, The Bigamist unfolds as a sympathetic yet sobering portrait of moral failure, emotional isolation, and the quiet desperation beneath domestic stability. Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Solveig Dommartin. Two Black immigrants—Dah from Benin and Jocelyn from the Caribbean—run an underground cockfighting ring at the mercy of a domineering white French gangster. Their uneasy authority over the roosters mirrors their own exploitation, caught in a system where power remains firmly in colonial hands. Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
Film Screening: Sheetla by Anamika Singh
In conjunction with "Corpus, an exhibition by Anamika Singh", come view Singh’s related film "Sheetla" (24 minutes, 2025) in the Chazen Auditorium. The film follows the Hindi language daily journal Jan Morcha and its role in reporting the highly contested desecration of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Faizabad in 1992. Singh titled the film in honor of her grand uncle, Sheetla Singh, a prominent editor, journalist and union leader in north India. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5-5:30 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
Film Screening: Sheetla by Anamika Singh
In conjunction with "Corpus, an exhibition by Anamika Singh", come view Singh’s related film "Sheetla" (24 minutes, 2025) in the Chazen Auditorium. The film follows the Hindi language daily journal Jan Morcha and its role in reporting the highly contested desecration of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Faizabad in 1992. Singh titled the film in honor of her grand uncle, Sheetla Singh, a prominent editor, journalist and union leader in north India. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 1:30-2 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
Film Screening: Sheetla by Anamika Singh
In conjunction with "Corpus, an exhibition by Anamika Singh", come view Singh’s related film "Sheetla" (24 minutes, 2025) in the Chazen Auditorium. The film follows the Hindi language daily journal Jan Morcha and its role in reporting the highly contested desecration of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Faizabad in 1992. Singh titled the film in honor of her grand uncle, Sheetla Singh, a prominent editor, journalist and union leader in north India. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 5:30-5:30 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
Film Screening: Sheetla by Anamika Singh
In conjunction with "Corpus, an exhibition by Anamika Singh", come view Singh’s related film "Sheetla" (24 minutes, 2025) in the Chazen Auditorium. The film follows the Hindi language daily journal Jan Morcha and its role in reporting the highly contested desecration of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Faizabad in 1992. Singh titled the film in honor of her grand uncle, Sheetla Singh, a prominent editor, journalist and union leader in north India. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 1:30-2 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
Film Screening and Talk: Suneil Sanzgiri and Anamika Singh with Preeti Chopra
Join Suneil Sanzgiri and Anamika Singh for a pair of special screenings related to Corpus, an exhibition by Anamika Singh. Following the films, both filmmakers will be in conversation with Dr. Preeti Chopra about their respective works and shared themes of power, destruction, and memory.
Registration encouraged, but not required. No audio or video recording will be permitted. This program is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for South Asia. Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art. 2-4 p.m. Information: 263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu