FILM | THURSDAY, August 21 | SALSA @6:30 PM | Screening @7:50 PM | FREE
Sanctuary Cinema presents LANDFALL Screening + FREE Salsa Class
Sanctuary Cinema is bringing a screening of LANDFALL and a FREE Salsa Class with Jessica Montoya to FUSION on Thursday, August 21, starting at 6:30 PM! The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.
LANDFALL: When Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico in 2017, the US territory was already 72 billion dollars in debt. Two years later, record numbers of Puerto Ricans took to the streets to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossell. This is a portrait of what happened in between.
Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. LANDFALL examines the kinship of these two storms—one environmental, the other economic—juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, LANDFALL reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become?
SCHEDULE
–FREE Salsa Class with Jessica Montoya begins at 6:30 PM
–FREE Screening begins at 7:50 PM
–Panel Discussion begins at 9:30 PM
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.
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.