BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260409T123736CEST-66122uuV8j@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260409T103736Z DESCRIPTION:\n With director Phillip Warnell and animal cognition researche r Diana Reiss in conversation\, and including a special appearance by Harr y Raven \n\n\n The bizarre scenario that can result from people cohabiting with animals is on view in two documentaries from different eras. In 1931 \, Henry Cushier Raven\, the American Museum of Natural History’s Curator of Human and Comparative Anatomy\, returned from West Africa to his home i n Long Island with a baby chimpanzee named Meshie. Raven shot a home movie -style documentary of Meshie living\, playing with\, and taking care of hi s young kids Harry\, Jane\, and Mary. Meshie\, Child of a Chimpanzee (1932 \, 51 mins.) is part of the American Museum of Natural History’s Library\, and was preserved with support from the National Film Preservation Founda tion. Science on Screen will present the restored 35mm print\, the first t ime the film will be screened for a public audience. Harry Raven\, six-yea rs-old when his father filmed he and Meshie\, is now 91. He will be in att endance to introduce the film and participate in the post-screening questi on and answer session. (Meshie is now taxidermied and installed in the Hal l of Primates at the American Museum of Natural History.) \n \n\n\n In 200 3\, a 450-pound Siberian-Bengal tiger named Ming and a seven-foot alligato r named Al were found to have been living over three years in an apartment in a public housing complex in Harlem\, with a man named Antoine Yates. P hillip Warnell’s award-winning documentary Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Stor ies in the Air \;(2014\, 71 mins.) juxtaposes interview\, observationa l\, and reconstructed footage of Yates\, Ming\, and Al to create an outlan dish work that regards the human-animal bond. \n\n\n Meshie\, Child of a C himpanzee and Ming of Harlem will screen back-to-back in a two-hour film p rogram that will be followed by a conversation between director Phillip Wa rnell and pioneering animal cognition researcher Diana Reiss\, Professor o f Psychology in the Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology Doctoral pr ogram at CUNY. \n\n\n Credits: Meshie\, Child of a Chimpanzee courtesy the American Museum of Natural History. Special thanks to the American Museum of Natural History’s Director of the Department of Library Services Tom B aione\; Special Collections and Research Librarian Gregory Raml\; Digital Systems Librarian Jen Cwiok\; and New Media Content Manager Erin Chapman. \n \n\n\n Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $7 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover and Kids Pr emium levels and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact member s@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.) \n \n\n\n Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hou rs). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on memb ership and to join online\, visit our membership page. \n \n \n\n\n About the speakers: \n\n\n Diana Reiss is a Professor and Director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation MA and Certificate Programs in the Department o f Psychology Department at Hunter College and a Professor in the Animal Be havior and Comparative Psychology Doctoral program at The Graduate Center\ , CUNY. Dr. Reiss conducts groundbreaking research in animal communication \, cognition\, and the evolution of intelligence. She is known for her stu dies regarding dolphin and elephant self-recognition\; she pioneered the u se of underwater keyboards with dolphins to investigate their cognitive an d communicative abilities. Much of her efforts have focused on raising pub lic awareness and bringing an end to the notorious dolphin drive hunts tha t were the focus of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove (2009) on which she was a scientific advisor. She is the author of The Dolphin In The Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds And Saving Dolphin Lives\, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. Prior to her position at Hunter\, Dr . Reiss was Director of the Marine Mammal Research Program at the Osborn L aboratories of Marine Sciences at the New York Aquarium\, of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and was co-chair of the Animal Enrichment Progr am at WCS. Her work has been widely published in international scientific journals and has been featured in popular media including in Nature\, Nati onal Geographic\, the Today Show\, and on the BBC. \n \n\n\n Phillip Warne ll is an artist\, filmmaker\, writer\, and Associate Professor and Directo r of Studies on Experimental Film at Kingston University in London. His wo rk explores philosophical themes including human-animal relations\, and he often collaborates with French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. From 2017-18\, Warnell was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Har vard. His work has been commissioned by and exhibited at the Wellcome Coll ection in London\, and has screened internationally at festivals and museu ms including the ICA in London\, the Tate Modern\, CPH: DOX\, and the Loca rno International Film Festival. Ming Of Harlem\, which he completed in 20 14\, premiered in the Projections section of the New York Film Festival an d went on to win the Georges de Beauregard International Prize at FID Inte rnational Film Festival Marseille and the Universities SIC Award at the In dieLisboa film festival. \n DTSTART:20190428T140000 DTEND:20190428T170000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater SUMMARY:Wild Lives: Ming of Harlem and Meshie\, Child of a Chimpanzee END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR