Robin McKenna

Documentary filmmaker, giftivist
#GIFTdoc - in US cinemas Oct/Nov 2019

[Gardner Museum @gardnermuseum]

Tomorrow, join #GardnerMuseum Curator of Contemporary Art, Pieranna Cavalchini in dialog with author Lewis Hyde along with the opening of the #GIFTdoc at @landmarktlc. This film even features Sonic Blossom, now on view at the Museum. Get the full scoop: https://t.co/RQMo8BP32r

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

This is going to be really special - tonight after the 7:15pm show of GIFT at @KendallCinema, convo w/ Lewis Hyde (The Gift) and Pieranna Cavalchini, curator at @gardnermuseum (which is now featuring GIFT artist Lee Mingwei's Sonic Blossom - 📷Anita Kan). https://t.co/yn6k8gHZa3.

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

#GIFTdoc opens this Friday 11/1 at the @LandmarkLTC in Cambridge! Q&A w/ author Lewis Hyde in conversation with Pieranna Cavalchini, the contemporary art curator at the
@gardnermuseum, on 11/1 @ 7:15pm show — Tickets: https://t.co/qRAcaqH8uJ
https://t.co/xfPWgEku4o

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

“When you live in the spirit of the gift, magic happens.”
— @ceisenstein

#GIFTDoc is playing nationwide. See it in these theaters starting 11/1. https://t.co/21bY6SLgpe

[WIRED @WIRED]

History will remember the burning of California as a generation-defining crisis, nestled within the species-defining crisis that is climate change.

Worst of all, it never had to come to this https://t.co/QxIaJo6qsm

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

Excited to be joined by filmmaker @tobymcleod of @SacredLandFilm and Michelle Lessans ("Smallfry"- Beezus Christ Supercar) this afternoon at a special 3PM screening/Q&A of GIFT at @LTSanFranBay Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. https://t.co/YjxRtyOznE

[Landmark Theatres San Francisco @LTSanFran]

#GIFTdoc is now playing at the #Shattuck with filmmaker @robinsoleil and Michelle "Smallfry" Lessans (Beezus Christ Supercar, Appearing in Film) in person for a Q&A tomorrow immediately following the 3:00pm show! Buy advance tickets here now: https://t.co/7LNRTj62Fa

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

@amandapalmer Love this conversation with @amandapalmer and @xMAdMx, and looking forward to more conversations this weekend in the Bay Area. https://t.co/LsARKwQduH

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

"You can never have a gift, without potential rejection. And yet, that’s also what makes the act of giving...as beautiful as it is. Because of its vulnerability. Anytime that hand is outstretched, it could get smacked away.” - @amandapalmer https://t.co/ajspk0G2Oi

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

Thank you @burningman & see you soon San Francisco! :) https://t.co/yibsJq25Fu

[Burning Man Project @burningman]

#GIFTDoc opens in the Bay Area this Friday, Oct 25. Inspired by Lewis Hyde's "The Gift,” the film celebrates the art of Gifting—as seen in the Burning Man universe and elsewhere. https://t.co/N7ghwXMSG6

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

The badass @amandapalmer, gift/art economy ninja, after GIFT screening at @BasilicaHudson in upstate NY, with @xMAdMx. Love this conversation - about art & commerce, generosity, DIY, Patreon, and hope in these dark, greed-filled times. https://t.co/NWv46Y5c7J

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

@p_millerd @MargaretAtwood @johncusack @brainpicker @amandapalmer @NaomiAKlein @djspooky @JohnDensmore Paul- not yet but will be soon! @IntuitivePics

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

“The one book I recommend without fail to aspiring writers and painters and musicians" -@MargaretAtwood Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s classic The Gift, #GIFTdoc opens in theatres today https://t.co/l7sAvcPaAo @johncusack @brainpicker @amandapalmer @NaomiAKlein @djspooky @JohnDensmore

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

Wow - thank you so much Terry @TempestWilliams you're such an inspiration!! @msjodieevans @brainpicker @austinkleon @amandapalmer @DrGaborMate

[TerryTempestWilliams @TempestWilliams]

Treat yourself to the beautiful film “Gift” by Robin McKenna inspired by Lewis Hyde’s soul-stirring Book “The Gift.” https://t.co/qQmQuZT3sN

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

“I have made a commitment to uncertainty and to embrace that which I do not know, because I feel this is where true meaning exists.”

When The Red Hand Files are collected into a book, it’ll blow all other books about making art out of the water:

https://t.co/lPpgQSKZoA

[Vintage Books @IReadVintage]

San Francisco! Come see a special screening of The #GIFTdoc —inspired by the book by Lewis Hyde—followed by a conversation with director Robin McKenna and author Lewis Hyde! Tickets here: https://t.co/PD9ePTP44C

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

@camillecrain: at the Quad tonight with @djspooky for #GIFTdoc - film by @robinsoleil inspired by Lewis Hyde book. A meditation on art & the human condition, very moving. Paul and I will get into #art #commerce #new #economic #eras 7pm tell a friend!" https://t.co/WvTy8eknR2

[John Densmore @JohnDensmore]

I'll be reading some poetry TOMORROW @KPFK's screening of #Gift the film @laemmlemonica https://t.co/9FDfWvHZmK
Check out the amazing review in the @NYTIMES: https://t.co/SXa4Y4b8lx

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

Honoured to be joined by legendary musician, poet, shaman John Densmore (The Doors), and @barbarawilliam_
- tomorrow at @laemmlemonica 745pm!

[John Densmore @JohnDensmore]

I'll be reading some poetry TOMORROW @KPFK's screening of #Gift the film @laemmlemonica https://t.co/9FDfWvHZmK
Check out the amazing review in the @NYTIMES: https://t.co/SXa4Y4b8lx

[Robin McKenna @robinsoleil]

#GIFTdoc opening at @QuadCinema tonight in NYC and @laemmleroyal in LA - with special guests @djspooky, @JohnDensmore & @_nick_flynn_
Great review by AO Scott in NYT! https://t.co/WFI3WhRY63

[Paul D. Miller @djspooky]

People - I’m hosting the screening of this powerful film by Robin Siobhan McKenna on Saturday. Lewis Hyde is BRILLIANT! Great review in NY Times today https://t.co/8pks0WJMa6 #GiftDoc @ava @astradisastra @aliklay @speakingabtpain @MargaretAtwood @janetribeca @TheMikeFiggis