The Bronx Museum & EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Present: Asilah Oui at Anthology Film Archives

THE BRONX MUSEUM & EFA ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP PRESENT: ASILAH OUI AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES Thursday, November 5, 2026 7:00 – 8:00 PM At Anthology Film Archives All Ages • Free! No RSVP Needed; Drop-In Only The Bronx Museum and EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop have partnered to present a screening at Anthology Film Archives of two films exploring the links between Morocco and New York and examining two pioneers of Moroccan art in the twentieth century. The Bronx Museum Director of Education & Public Engagement, Patrick Rowe, will participate in a discussion about the films following the screening. Commissioned on the occasion of artist Mohamed Melehi’s 1984 solo exhibition at The Bronx Museum, this film documents the work and life of renowned Moroccan painter and Asilah Cultural Moussem founder Mohamed Melehi through his projects as a teacher, painter, and modernist. Forty years after its production, Melehi provides a career snapshot of the artist contextualized by his influences across the Moroccan landscape, placing him in the larger history of Morocco and its visual culture. A Thousand And One Berber Nights delves into the transatlantic career of dancer, actor, and choreographer Hassan Ouakrim. In the late 1950s, Ouakrim was a young dancer and actor in Morocco. Little did he know that he would soon become the protegé of La Mama Theatre founder Ellen Stewart, performing across America, forming friendships with the likes of jazz virtuosos Ornette Coleman and Randy Weston, and becoming a pioneer in spreading Berber dance and music in North America. The screening coincides with the exhibition Asilah Oui: Robert Blackburn in Morocco at EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Miss Unity (1991), a Robert Blackburn artwork in The Bronx Museum’s permanent collection, is also currently on view at the Museum in the exhibition Saya Woolfalk: The WoodsWoman Method.