Artist Documentary at New Haven People's Center

ROCKWELL KENT, American Artist

A documentary by Frederick Lewis

Followed by Recollections of the times, by Al Marder

Who was Rockwell Kent?
During the 1930s and ‘40s, Rockwell Kent was one of America's most famous personalities. The foremost illustrator of his day, Kent was also a prolific oil painter whose work is in the collections of major museums. His haunting landscapes were inspired by his adventurous sojourns to Alaska, Tierra del Fuego, and Greenland. He was also a best-selling author and a social activist. Because of his leadership for peace and civil rights, Kent, like Paul Robeson, was forbidden to travel. Their landmark passport cases against the federal government gave all U.S. citizens the right to travel, but like Robeson, Rockwell Kent was effectively blacklisted and his name largely erased from American culture.

(Film is 3 hours with intermission, followed by discussion)
New Haven People's Center, 37 Howe Street
Light Refreshments
Free