Using the medium of film, the Museum explores stories of artists and art on view in 2021 Mississippi Invitational and New Symphony of Time. This series is screened in The Art Garden and BankPlus Green. Curated and introduced by longtime Mississippi Film commissioner Ward Emling, attendees will learn a glimpse about the film’s cinematic, cultural, or historical context.
Robert Altman’s classic Thieves Like Us was the first film produced in Mississippi after the creation of the Mississippi Film Commission in 1973. With a cast of Altman regulars: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Shuck, Bert Remsen, and newcomer Louise Fletcher, his adaptation (with Calder Willingham and Joan Tewkesbury) of Edward Anderson’s stark and timeless noir novel, was the perfect Mississippi film: literary, engaging, evocative, bold, and dripping with 1930s atmosphere. Many of the locations around Canton, Yazoo City and central Mississippi are still recognizable.
Please join us at 7 PM on September 17 at MMA for a special screening of Thieves Like Us and an exclusive pre-film conversation with our friend Ann Latham as she reminisces about the film and discusses her career in the Jackson theatre.
Ann Latham Hollowell was a theatre major at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Under the guidance of her professor, Lance Goss, Ann indulged in her love for performing, and was featured in numerous plays during her years at Millsaps. The love of performing was carried on after college, and Ann had the opportunity to share the stage with many talented performers at New Stage in Jackson, Mississippi. Ann’s on camera ease stems from her hosting “The Cooking Lady”, a 30-minute syndicated show distributed to several million households across the South. Ann is also the author of a cookbook, Real Food from My Southern Kitchen. She has to her credit a Robert Altman film, numerous television and radio commercials, and live theatre performances. She served as a councilwoman for the city of Greenville for 12 years, and is currently working as administrative assistant for the mayor of her new home town, Lake Village, Arkansas, She’s at home with her husband James in the heart of the ArkLaMiss Delta on the shores of Lake Chicot, the longest oxbow lake in North America, and is thoroughly enjoying her role as a grandmother to the ever delightful Katie.
This series is generously sponsored by the Ergon Foundation and is presented in partnership with the Crossroads Film Society.
Due to COVID-19, registration is required, and attendance will be limited. Register here.
