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MFAH Film New Releases: Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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MFAH Film New Releases: Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

When: July 16, 2016
Where: Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006
Cost: $2 - $1001

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its New Releases series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Directed by Ada Ushpiz
2015, in English, German, and Hebrew with English subtitles
Israel/Canada
125 minutes
DCP

Holocaust Museum Houston’s Mary Lee Webeck leads a post-film discussion.

The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the “Banality of Evil” while covering the trial of Adolph Eichmann for The New Yorker. Her private life was no less controversial: she was romantically involved with German philosopher Martin Heidegger.

Arendt remains a topics of ongoing debate, as reflected in this new documentary profile.

Mary Lee Webeck is the Director of Education at the Holocaust Museum Houston.

Community partner: Holocaust Museum Houston.

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