Epicentro

Hubert Sauper | Doc | Cuba | 108m

English and Spanish with English subtitles 

Screening - Friday August 28 until end of day Thursday September 10

Link for a YouTube Live Virtual Q&A:

Sat Sept 5 – https://youtu.be/3a0N4jugDNI

From world-renowned filmmaker Hubert Sauper - director of Sundance winner WE COME AS FRIENDS and the Oscar®-nominated DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE - comes EPICENTRO, an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, "utopian" Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine still resonates. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time and place, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda. In EPICENTRO, Sauper explores a century of interventionism and myth-making together with the extraordinary people of Havana-particularly its children, who he calls "young prophets" - to interrogate time, imperialism and cinema itself.

"A brilliant mixture of historical-poetic analysis and a ground-level journey among the denizens of Havana. The director's remarkable eye... will mesmerize you." -Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

Grand Jury Prize Winner - Documentary, World Cinema

Sundance Film Festival 2020

Costs $12

A ticket is good for a five-day pass to see Epicentro.

Watching the film here supports Kino Lorber and Carbon Arc Cinema