Film Trailer
Ugo’s War Sketches & His Contemporary Works Post-War
Maxine’s Works
Maplewood Division of Arts & Culture Presents: Ugo & Maxine Giannini
Both Events Take Place April 18 at The Woodland
Art Exhibition at 5PM | Film Screening at 7PM (doors open 6:30PM)
Art Exhibition is free
Tickets for the film are $7.00
Purchase Tickets For Film Screening Here
Tickets can be purchased at door but it is recommended to purchase them before the day of the show.
Art Exhibition
Ugo & Maxine: Art, Love, & War: An exhibition featuring select works by Ugo during his time serving in the war as well as his more contemporary work post-war. Maxine’s work will also be displayed with featured pieces such as her first painting when she attended art school and many other portraits.
Art Exhibition - April 18
The Woodland Parlor | 5PM
Free Event
Film Screening
Ugo Giannini: An Artist at War
By Steve Nemsick
Film Screening Synopsis:
After her husband Ugo Giannini dies, Maxine Giannini finally enters his closed art studio and discovers carefully preserved letters and drawings from his service during World War Two. Among the drawings, the only known D-Day sketches from that fateful day on Bloody Omaha Beach. For the next 30 years, Maxine dedicates her life to sharing the legacy of Ugo, an artist that went to war.
Directed by Steve Nemsick:
Award winning filmmaker Steve Nemsick has traveled the world with his camera filming war refugees performing Shakespeare in Bosnia, Tokyo bikers, California skaters, rape victims raising families in a garbage dump in Mexico, war Veterans and many others across 6 continents.
The film screening at The Woodland will be followed by a conversation with Steve Nemsick & Maxine Giannini.
Film Screening -April 18
The Woodland Great Hall | 7PM (Doors open at 6:30PM)
Ticketed Event $7.00
Purchase Tickets For Film Screening Here
Both Ugo and Maxine have Newark roots, making this art exhibition and film screening especially meaningful. Ugo taught at Caldwell College and most of the music for the film was composed by two of Maxine's former piano students, Adam and Ben Kaplan of Maplewood!
Read More About The Film Here
Read More About Kaplan Bros Music Here
Read The Village Green Press Release Here