The story of three lost boxes known as the Mexican Suitcase that were recovered in 2007. The boxes, misplaced in the chaos at the start of WWII, contained many of the Spanish Civil War negatives by the legendary photographer Robert Capa and fellow photographers Gerda Taro and David "Chim" Seymour.

Olivia Cosentino, PhD, Zemurray-Stone Postdoctoral Fellow, will be introducing this film. 

Still/Motion: The Festival of Photography in Film celebrates photography at its intersection with cinema, especially as it relates to other fascinating subjects: history, mystery, family, humanity, global and local environment, and cutout animation.  This one-day festival at the Broad Theater showcases three feature films, one Louisiana short film, and a special event with New Orleans filmmaker Simon Blake.  Special guests include photography curator/director Trisha Ziff, and PhotoNOLA award recipient and short film subject Ben Depp.  The films feature photographic works of Sebastião Salgado, Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, David “Chim” Seymour, Joel-Peter Witkin and Ben Depp.

Still/Motion is a collaboration among ArtSpanNOLA, PhotoNOLA, and the Broad Theater.

Festival Schedule

11:55 am - Serendipity: An Afternoon with Simon Blake, Filmmaker* with Simon Blake (*this is a customized program/presentation, unique to this festival)

2:05 pm - The Salt of the Earth

4:00 pm - On a Wing and a Prayer with director and photographer Ben Depp (Screening and Q&A)

5:05 pm - The Mexican Suitcase with director Trisha Ziff (Screening and Q&A)

8:00 pm - Witkin & Witkin with director Trisha Ziff  (Screening and Q&A)