{"id":7656,"date":"2018-03-01T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=7656"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:01:58","slug":"on-lee-anne-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2018\/03\/01\/on-lee-anne-schmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"On Lee Anne Schmitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we are excited to welcome Los Angeles-based filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/leeanneschmitt.com\/home.html\">Lee Anne Schmitt<\/a> for a screening of her latest film\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saic.edu\/cate\/currentschedule\/lee-anne-schmitt-purge-this-land.html\"><em>Purge This Land<\/em> (2017)<\/a>, made in collaboration with her partner, experimental jazz and rock musician, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffparkersounds.com\/\">Jeff Parker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7576\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7576 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/01\/03.01_LeeAnneSchmitt_PurgeThisLand_2017_2-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeeAnne Schmitt, still from Purge This Land, 2017. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Through the life and legacy of the radical abolitionist John Brown, <em>Purge This Land\u00a0<\/em>reflects on how the shadows of slavery and systemic, violent racism continue to shape the United States\u2019 psychic and physical landscape.<\/p>\n<p>View the following excerpt of Schmitt&#8217;s film below to see how site and landscape intertwine with the lingering vestiges of a country&#8217;s problematic, violent history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7659\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100519353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7659 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-2.38.09-PM-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100519353\">Excerpt: Purge This Land (2017)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we are excited to welcome Los Angeles-based filmmaker Lee Anne Schmitt for a screening of her latest film\u00a0Purge This Land (2017), made in collaboration with her partner, experimental jazz and rock musician, Jeff Parker. 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