Film Screening—Michael Richards: Are You Down?

Join us for a screening of Michael Richards: Are You Down?, a 32-minute documentary film directed by Juan Luis Matos and Dennis Scholl that highlights Richards’s powerful artistic practice; the circumstances of his passing on September 11, 2001; his friendships; and his enduring influence on cultural communities in New York City, Miami, and beyond.

Michael Richards and Carolyn Swiszcz in Richards’s studio at ArtCenter/South Florida in Miami Beach, 1998. Photo: Courtesy of Carolyn Swiszcz