World War II began in 1939, the same year in which Marian Anderson was prohibited from performing at Constitution Hall. Two iconic films were released that same year: Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. The former depicted a nostalgic idea of home that deliberately ignored the crimes and brutality of slavery; the latter expressed a uto- pian longing for home unconsciously shaped by the many Europeans forced to flee Nazi Germany. The series of pastels is based on stills from these two movies. By removing the characters and the context of these images of burning buildings or desolate rural landscapes, they take on new associations and resonate with current press images. The closing curtains refer to the world of film and theater, but also to the curtains that closed for Marian Anderson.