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FILM SERIES

♦Icons & Ice

Tuesdays - Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18, 7-10 pm (3 sessions)

Join film lecturer Anthony Harrison for this eclectic look at diamonds in film. From musical comedy to action adventure, diamonds are never far from the spotlight in this selection of genre pictures. See how diamonds form a significant role in iconic moments in film history. Each evening

November 4, 2008

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Howard Hawks

Feature Speaker: Niki Kavakonis, Designer

November 11, 2008

To Catch a Thief (1955), Alfred Hitchcock

Feature Speaker: Reena Ahluwalia, Jewellery designer and educator

November 18, 2008

Diamonds are Forever (1971), Guy Hamilton

Feature Speaker: Dr. Kimberly Tait, Associate Curator of Mineralogy at ROM

Speaker Anthony Harrison is an educator and artist who lectures on narrative culture. He has been an instructor at the ROM and George Brown College since 1992.

$15 (online $13) per evening

ROM members $12 (online $10)

$40 (online $34) for all 3

ROM members $31 (online $25)

Contact Information:

Tel.: 416.586.5797

E-mail: programs@rom.on.ca

Royal Ontario Museum presents

FILM SERIES ♦Icons & Ice

The Nature of Diamonds

Exhibition

Presented by: De Beers Canada

October 25, 2008 to March 22, 2009

Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall

Royal Ontario Museum