Friday, April 25 Feature EVENT

Through the South Seas...

with Martin Johnson 

A SOUTH SEAS FOOTAGE CELEBRATION 

Join us for a clip montage presentation of some of the earliest surviving footage taken by Martin and Osa Johnson!

Doors Open at 6pm Friday Evening!
Neosho County Community College Auditorium
800 West 14th Street, Chanute, Kansas

(Visitor Maps Available at Museum)

SATURDAY, April 26 MATINEES 

10am-3pm at the NCCC Auditorium

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10am MATINEE

In the summer of 2007, Jerry Martin and Troy Belford made an expedition to New Guinea for the Holmes Museum of Anthropology.  They plan to present a film produced there that like so much of the Johnsons' south seas works, is among the first images ever taken of the locals.  “First Contact” pros and cons will discussed pre and post the film presentation.

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11am MATINEE

Dr. Lamont Lindstrom will present a program discussing the ethnographic and historical significance of the Johnsons' south seas filmic expeditions.  He will focus on their contributions to the pop culture invention of the “adventurer” and also the role they played in shaping the way lecture films/travelogues came to be marketed.
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1pm MATINEE

Dr. John Tibbetts will discuss the tie between Kansans Buster Keaton and Martin and Osa Johnson, and how their separate but connected careers took them to the far corners of the earth.  He will discuss how Keaton used comedy and the Johnsons employed documentaries to both satirize and embrace the spirit of ethnographic inquiry inside all people.

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2pm MATINEE

Conrad Froehlich, director of the Safari Museum, Froehlich has assisted with film collection surveys and the licensing of footage to organizations around the world.  His matinee will focus on how the Johnson collection is being preserved today and he will discuss the many and very diverse ongoing film projects that have recently/are currently utilizing this vast film resource.

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Saturday, April 26 Feature Film

 Buster Keaton's  

THE NAVIGATOR 

Buster Keaton, a friend of the Johnsons and a fellow Kansan, reportedly based one scene in this, his most famous silent feature, on an incident that occured during one of the Johnsons most thrilling south pacific adventures.  Join us tonite to find out the backstory to this amazing cinematic moment!

Doors Open at 6pm Saturday Evening!
Neosho County Community College Auditorium
800 West 14th Street, Chanute, Kansas

(Visitor Maps Available at Museum)

Please keep checking here for schedule updates!

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This annual event is funded in part by the Kansas Humanities council, a nonprofit cultural organization promoting understanding of the history, traditions, and ideas that shape our lives and build community.  To learn more about KHC and the valuable programs they support, please click here.