SCREENING, SCREENING + Q&A
Personal Belongings + The Present
Saturday, Sep 21, 2024 at 1:15 p.m.
Location la: Bartos Screening Room
With Steven Bognar in person
Personal Belongings
Dir. Steven Bognar. 1996, 63 mins. U.S. DCP.
The Present
Dir. Robert Frank. 1996, 20 mins. U.S. Digital projection.
The debut feature by Academy Award–winner Steven Bognar (American Factory) casts a wry, unflinching lens on his complicated father, Bela, a Hungarian émigré adjusting to life in the suburban midwestern United States. Bela participated in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, and the legacy of that struggle hangs heavy over him, his marriage, and his children. His announcement of a sudden return trip to his homeland sparks his son to pick up a camera and document the journey—and ensuing fallout. Paired with Robert Frank’s The Present, in which the acclaimed photographer humorously searches through the lens of his new camcorder for stories, but he can’t seem to escape troubled familial histories that haunt him.
Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / free for MoMI members at the Senior/Student levels and above. There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.
Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.