Jenny Perlin, "Bunker"

Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 7 - 8:30pm

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BUNKER, 2021. Video Still. Courtesy Jenny Perlin.

Join the director Jenny Perlin, adjunct professor in the School of Art, and producer A. S. Hamrah for an exclusive screening of the documentary film BUNKER.

BUNKER investigates the lonely lives of American men who have decided to live in decommissioned military bunkers and nuclear missile silos and follows the process of building and selling these structures to the wealthy and not-so-wealthy alike.

This free screening is open to all Cooper students, faculty, and staff. Register online.

Located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets)

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