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SUMMARY:Not My Soul: Spartacus (1960)
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DESCRIPTION:This screening is part of a series of films presented for the e
	xhibition Not My\nSoul by the Allard Pierson Museum and the National Slave
	ry Museum.\n\nIntroduction by: Koen Vacano\n\nIn this classic film\, Kirk 
	Douglas plays the enslaved Spartacus\, who in 76 BC is\nsold to a gladiato
	r school and\, after gruelling training\, rebels against his\noppressors. 
	With the support of Jean Simmons as Virinia\, his resistance grows\ninto a
	 large-scale slave uprising.\n\nPrior to the screening\, Koen Vacano will 
	give an introduction. His introduction\ninvites a critical examination of 
	the way in which Hollywood has portrayed\nslavery in antiquity\, and quest
	ions the notion that it differs fundamentally\nfrom later forms of slavery
	.\n\nKoen Vacano researches how and why antiquity matters in the present d
	ay. By\ncombining insights from reception studies\, cultural history and m
	edia studies\,\nhe seeks to understand how stories\, ideas and art have be
	en transmitted and\ntransformed from antiquity to today’s popular culture\
	, and conversely\, how\nantiquity has been reconstructed time and again in
	 later periods (including the\npresent).\n\n * Language: English\n * Durat
	ion: 184 mins.\n * Director: Stanley Kubrick\n * Cast: Kirk Douglas\, Laur
	ence Olivier\, Tony Curtis\n * Year: 1960\n * Country: United States
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/not-my-soul-spartacus-1960
GEO:52.36476;4.8843948
LOCATION:De Uitkijk - Prinsengracht 452\, 1017 KE Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,exhibition,film,leidseplein,soul,stories
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>This screening is part of a series 
	of films presented for the exhibition <em>Not My Soul</em> by the Allard P
	ierson Museum and the National Slavery Museum.</strong></p> <p>Introductio
	n by: Koen Vacano </p> <p>In this classic film, Kirk Douglas plays the ens
	laved Spartacus, who in 76 BC is sold to a gladiator school and, after gru
	elling training, rebels against his oppressors. With the support of Jean S
	immons as Virinia, his resistance grows into a large-scale slave uprising.
	 </p> <p>Prior to the screening, Koen Vacano will give an introduction. Hi
	s introduction invites a critical examination of the way in which Hollywoo
	d has portrayed slavery in antiquity, and questions the notion that it dif
	fers fundamentally from later forms of slavery. </p> <p>Koen Vacano resear
	ches how and why antiquity matters in the present day. By combining insigh
	ts from reception studies, cultural history and media studies, he seeks to
	 understand how stories, ideas and art have been transmitted and transform
	ed from antiquity to today’s popular culture, and conversely, how antiquit
	y has been reconstructed time and again in later periods (including the pr
	esent).</p><ul> <li> <strong>Language:</strong> English </li> <li> <strong
	>Duration:</strong> 184 mins. </li> <li> <strong>Director:</strong> Stanle
	y Kubrick </li> <li> <strong>Cast:</strong> Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
	, Tony Curtis </li> <li> <strong>Year:</strong> 1960 </li> <li> <strong>Co
	untry:</strong> United States </li> </ul>
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