Apr 14 | 7:00 pm
Landfall
91 min / Directed and Produced by Cecilia Aldarondo
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Shared Stories is a collaboration of BAAFF, RoxFilm and CineFest Latino Boston
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 the protests that toppled the governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance as Puerto Ricans navigate dismantled social services and newcomers eager to profit.
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Venue
Emerson Paramount Center
Bright Family Screening Room
559 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111
Dates
Apr 14, 2023 | 7:00 pm
Post Film Q&A
Live post-film conversation with:
Danniely Staback Rodriguez
Architect and Faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design
Rosalyn Negron
Associate Professor/Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Adrian Velazque
Moderator; Attorney and Activist
Access
In Spanish and English with English subtitles
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Artist Bios
Director/Producer: Cecilia Aldarondo
Cecilia Aldarondo (she/her) is a documentary director-producer from the Puerto Rican diaspora who works at the intersection of poetics and politics. Her feature documentaries Memories of a Penitent Heart (2016) and Landfall (2020) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were co-produced by the award-winning PBS series POV. Landfall’s many awards include the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival Viewfinders Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary, as well as Cinema Eye and Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. Among Aldarondo’s fellowships and honors are the Guggenheim, a two-time MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the 2021 New America Fellowship, and Women at Sundance 2017. In 2019 she was named to DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 list and is one of 2015’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She teaches at Williams College.
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Shared Stories is a monthly film series that seeks to build community, shared conversation, and experiences through cinema. This series aspires to create a shared space to find commonality across experiences, and encourage the exchange of stories and ideas. Presented by ArtsEmerson in collaboration with the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), CineFest Latino Boston, and the Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm).
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