We are thrilled to celebrate the release of SILENTIUM, a new compilation of work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, with a rare screening of Dorian Supin’s singular portrait of the artist, AND THEN CAME THE EVENING AND THE MORNING (1989).

🕰️ Wednesday, March 19th, 7:30 PM
🎞️ Anthology Film Archives
📍32 Second Avenue New York, NY
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Dorian Supin
AND THEN CAME THE EVENING AND THE MORNING / SIIS SAI ÕHTU JA SAI HOMMIK
1989, 60 min, DCP. In German, Russian, and Estonian with English subtitles.
A sensitive, humorous, and deeply personal look at the pioneer of “holy minimalism,” Arvo Pärt, this film was shot by Estonian documentarian (and Pärt’s brother-in-law) Dorian Supin. Filming while Pärt and his family were in semi-exile in West Berlin in the early 1980s, Supin was given extraordinary access to both daily life in the family home and the artist’s burgeoning public career. Pärt as an artist and person shines through here – traveling the world, peeling potatoes, navigating fame and politics, laying his head on the piano, and just playing when words fail. Supin’s film is a rare music documentary that reflects the rhythm, language, and philosophy of the artist it portrays.

The screening will be presented by Cyrus Moussavi of Mississippi Records.