Penn Museum Culture Films

04/20/2026

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04/20/2026

Concerned about your 1st Amendment rights? Believe in independent journalism? Want to do something locally about it?

Join us May 3rd at the Bourse Theater for an exclusive screening of Steal this Story, Please!, a new documentary by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin about Democracy Now, the daily independent news hour with Amy Goodman and Juan González. Winner of nine audience awards, this gripping portrait of iconic independent journalism will be accompanied by a meet & greet and a taped discussion with Amy Goodman at PhillyCAM, Philadelphia’s public access television and radio station. Stay tuned for more details on Amy’s visit to PhillyCAM!

Tickets on sale soon! More information at https://stealthisstory.org/

04/20/2026

04/20/2026

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04/06/2026

https://youtu.be/LdEyAdZm1PU?si=aBVnMCX-uVds1h2g
This film is a pleasure in every dimension, the filmmaking is lovely but the singer Mukhtiyar Ali is just amazing.
Again we are feeling gratitude to our next year filmmaker Poshali Goel for exposing us to the great artists of NW India.
May the world come together in pursuit of love, as MA so well sings of here.

In this episode of the film ‘Had Anhad’ we venture into the village of Pugal in Rajasthan, to meet with the breathtaking Sufi folk singer – Mukhtiyar Ali and...

03/30/2026

https://youtu.be/ogeNtuRsr3k?si=r7G__-uFVlRcBug7

This film about the saint Meera Bai was also provided to us by filmmaker Poshali Goel, we will be showing her film next March,
In the film over time you will get the basic storyline of the 16th century Rajput princess who rejected her world despite assassination attempts and other tribulations to become a spiritual being, also you will find some performances by folk musicians of Rajasthan who still sing her poetic lyrics 5 centuries on. Give it some time! Absolutely luscious and beautiful.

A film by Shabnam Virmani & Prashant Parvataneni (40:45 min)(Click on Settings for Hindi Subtitles)Saint. Lover. Devotee. Rebel. Who was Meera after all? We ...

03/24/2026

Ky Nam Inn
Film screening & discussion with director Leon Le

April 3, 5:15–8:30pm
Fisher Bennett Hall 401

Penn’s Vietnamese Language Program welcomes all to join in person for an exclusive screening of Ky Nam Inn (Quán Kỳ Nam, Vietnam, 2025, 140 min.) followed by a lively discussion with director Leon Le.

In post-war Saigon, an unlikely relationship emerges when a young intellectual and a quiet widow become neighbors. After Khang, a well-connected man from the North, accepts a daunting offer to write a new translation of The Little Prince, he moves into a close-knit community in an unfamiliar city and finds himself drawn to the older Ky Nam.

Ky Nam Inn premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Free admission & snacks! Registration required.
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Cosponsored by Penn Language Center, Center for East Asian Studies, Department of Cinema & Media Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Vietnamese Students’ Association, and Wolf Humanities Center.

03/24/2026

WED. MARCH 25th | 4PM | PENN MUSEUM | RAINEY AUDITORIUM
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A film by AGNES LISA WEGNER and CECE MLAY
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the global discourse on repatriation. Film screening and conversation with FELIX KAAYA and ERINEST KAAYA
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03/23/2026

https://youtu.be/Dr83axn1IbM?si=7J2LRsEdMLWT0NYu

It will be almost a full year before we show another film at the Museum, but thanks to conversations with next year's filmmaker Poshali Goel we are beginning to learn about bhakti spiritual singing in the far northwest of India, bordering Pakistan. Please enjoy the following film at your leisure, we will post others that she sent for you to immerse into.
This is offered in the spirit of syncretic and multicultural appreciation.

HAD ANHAD (Bounded Boundless): Journeys with Ram & Kabir (103 min, English Subtitles)A film by Shabnam VirmaniKabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north I...

03/19/2026

Discover Confluence 2026, a month‑long Earth Month film festival featuring films, discussions and community voices on shaping a sustainable future.