The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of the independent film, Chameleon Street, in collaboration with FilmScene. Arrive at 6:15pm for a pre-screening meal and stay after for a post-screening discussion.

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This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.

CHAMELEON STREET
(1989, Comedy, Drama, 94 min) Dir. Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize...

Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.

The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, a Plains Cree/Saulteaux citizen of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will...

The Handmaid’s Tale (1990, Volker Schlöndorff). 109 min.

12 Years a Slave (2013, Steve McQueen). 134 min.

The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of experimental documentary work by New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, in collaboration with FilmScene. The double feature screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director who will be in Iowa City for the Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS).

Reserve your tickets here.

This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.

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The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo). 121 min.

Join the Stanley Museum of Art and FilmScene for an engaging talk concluding the collaborative film series part of the exhibition Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa. This program brings together New York-based filmmaker Khalik Allah, here for Iowa City International Film Festival (ICDOCS), and Des Moines-based artist Robert Moore for a conversation on the complexities of masculinities and the arts.

Following a screening of Black Mother + Field Niggas on Thursday April 23 at...

Network (1976, Sidney Lumet). 121 min.

A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan). 125 min.