The CCCNY joins the New York Public Library for a special film screening in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Like pages from a personal diary rescued over the years, Iván Acosta reconstructs with artisan modesty those bitter and confusing hours that he had recorded in video form and then kept in a drawer after the attacks on the Twin Towers. Raúl Barcelona’s editing is sober, without vertiginous displays or montage juxtapositions.
In Spanish, with English subtitles, 40 minutes.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
455 Fifth Ave. (off 40th Street), NYC
This event will be held in person.
SPACE IS LIMITED / PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
You can also join the post-screening discussion online with
Iván Acosta, Raúl Barcelona, and actor Frank Rodríguez via Zoom.
To register, click here:
https://on.nypl.org/3kHKVlZ
Iván Acosta was born in the neighborhood of Los Hoyos, in the city of Santiago de Cuba. A playwright, director of film and theater, advertising creative director, songwriter and producer of Latin jazz concerts and albums, he escaped the island by boat in August 1961 with his parents and sister. He has written twelve plays, of which nine have been published. His theatre piece, El Súper, premiered on November 5, 1977—granting him international recognition which led to the eponymous film shot in 1979—is considered the most important play and film by Cuban exiles, winning over twenty prizes in the international arena. Iván Acosta is Founder of the Cuban Cultural Center of New York (1972).
Raúl Barcelona is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, artist and educator based in New York City whose work has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals around the world, including the Sundance and Berlin International Film Festivals, and shown on HBO, PBS and the Discovery Channel, among others. Raúl teaches film, TV production and communication college courses, as well as filmmaking, photography, animation, graphic design and fine art to teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorders through a therapeutic enrichment program. A PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth, his doctoral thesis, Film Here Now, explores the practice of filmmaking and its relation to well-being.
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And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
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