GlobeDocs Presents: 'THE NEW RIJKSMUSEUM' Screening 2015

GLOBEDOCS invites you to a special screening of THE NEW RIJKSMUSEUM DATE: Thursday, September 3, 2015 TIME: Registration opens up at 6:30pm | Screening begins at 7:00pm LOCATION: Museum of Fine Arts | 465 Huntington Ave | Boston, MA The New Rijksmuseum by Oeke Hoogendijk (The Netherlands, 2014, 131 min., DCP). In 2003, the ambitious renovation of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam began. Home to a collection including masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer, the museum was to reopen its doors in 2008. But from the start, directors battled unyielding bureaucrats and public resistance—politicians, designers, curators, and even the Dutch Cyclists Union—as they struggled to complete the renovation and put the collection back on public display. Five years late, with costs exceeding half a billion dollars, the museum finally reopened. This epic documentary captures the entire story from design to completion, offering a fly-on-the-wall perspective on one of the most challenging museum construction projects ever conceived. With its decade-long scope, the film reveals a surprisingly dramatic story that art and architecture lovers will not want to miss. In Dutch, English, French, and Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion with Rembrandt expert Clifford Ackley, the MFA’s Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Curator of Prints and Drawings, moderated by Boston Globe art critic Malcolm Gay follows screening. Want to support the future of documentary filmmaking in Boston? Please consider making a voluntary donation to the Boston Globe Documentary Film Fund. This fund, a part of the Boston Globe Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), will be used to give an annual award to a documentary filmmaker to continue producing high-quality work that engages and enlightens the public. Suggested levels: $0 - I just want to see a good movie $5 - I'm a starving artist myself but want to contribute something $10 - Lights, camera, action! $20 - I want to help build the future of documentary filmmaking in Boston