BRUNSWICK – Acclaimed artist Sandow Birk will host a screening of his contemporary feature-length film noir “Dante’s Inferno” Thursday, Sept. 20, at Bowdoin College.

In collaboration with puppeteer and political satirist Paul Zaloom, writer/director Sean Meredith and artist Elyse Pignolet, Birk has updated Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem “Inferno,” using exquisitely hand-drawn paper puppets, brought to life using no computer-generated special effects.

Long considered one of the most important works in world literature, Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” traces the poet’s imaginary journey through different levels of the afterlife. In the first book, “Inferno,” Dante descends into the underworld, where he is guided through the nine circles of hell by the spirit of the Roman poet Virgil.

Dante is voiced by Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell voices Virgil.

The film will be shown at 7 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. The screening is open to the public and admission is free.

For more information go online to http://www.dantefilm.com>.