FILM SCREENINGS: Ouvertures
Date: 2021-09-01 18:00:00 – 2021-09-18 18:00:00
Online + In-Person at the Guild Cinema
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SCREENINGS: September 1-18 online / September 11 & 12, 1pm in-person
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Moving from Haitiu2019s frozen landscapes of the Jura mountains to the urban centers of Port-au-Prince, Ouvertures brings the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Lu2019Ouverture to life. In France, a Haitian researcher tries to read the past within the stratigraphic layers of Jurassic limestone, whilst in Haiti, a group of young actors translate and rehearse scenes from Monsieur Toussaint, a play written by u00c9douard Glissant that recounts the last days of Toussaint Lu2019Ouverture dying in exile in a prison cell in the Jura, 1803. Ghosts from the pantheon of Haitian history visit him on his deathbed and put him to trial. As the play proceeds, the actors become possessed by their characters and eventually the ghost of Lu2019Ouverture joins the group and takes them on a voyage for a new kind of exile.
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LOCATION & TICKETS:
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Online Screenings: September 1-18 u2022 $10/$8 for 516 members u2022 GET TICKETS
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In-person Screenings: September 11 & 12 at 1pm at the Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Avenue NE u2022 $10/$8 for 516 members (call to reserve 505-255-1848)
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