SCREENING | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | 6 PM | FREE
Sanctuary Cinema and NMPBS present a Screening
AURORA’S SUNRISE and BOAT PEOPLE + FREE Dinner
Sanctuary Cinema is proud to partner with NMPBS on a screening of AURORA’S SUNRISE and BOAT PEOPLE, plus a FREE Dinner at FUSION | The Cell on Thursday, November 20, starting at 5:30 PM! The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.
AURORA’S SUNRISE
At the age of 14, Aurora Mardiganian survived the Armenian genocide and escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Her newfound fame led to her starring in Auction of Souls, one of Hollywood’s earliest blockbusters. Blending storybook animation, video testimony, and rediscovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora’s Sunrise revives Mardiganian’s forgotten story.
BOAT PEOPLE (9 mins)
by Kjell Boersma and Thao Lam
As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favor. Using a striking metaphor, Boat People traces one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.
This event is free and open to all!
SCHEDULE
–5:30 PM Free Dinner
–6:00 PM Screening
–7:00 Panel Discussion
ABOUT SANCTUARY CINEMA
A brave space for transformative justice and belonging through film.
Sanctuary Cinema brings nonfiction films to New Mexicans for free through the PBS/POV program by hosting monthly screenings and panel discussions with local nonprofit and New Mexico artists and activists at venues throughout the city of Albuquerque. Sanctuary Cinema, is a brave space for transformative justice and belonging through film. Using the power of storytelling in film to build communities committed to action on contemporary social issues, they aim to educate, inspire, and act! Email them for more information : nmsanctuarycinema@gmail.com.
ABOUT NMPBS (Co-sponsor of this screening)
The NMPBS Education & Outreach department strives to put the New Mexico in NMPBS through community events that center New Mexico's diverse communities, both serving and reflecting their interests and needs.
MISSION STATEMENT
Screening films from POV /PBS to build Communities Committed to Action on contemporary social issues. Sanctuary Cinema focus is to Educate, Inspire, and Act! Using the power of storytelling in film to show nonfiction/documentary POV films (known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, as well as putting a human face on contemporary social issues.) with a panel discussion afterwards and in partnership with various nonprofits.