Landfall
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Landfall
Cecilia Aldarondo, (Dir), 91 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA
Spanish with English subtitles
A kaleidoscopic portrait of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria that criss-crosses the island to document the resilience of a community abandoned by the mainland and banded together to rebuild. This visually arresting cinematic essay examines the ecological and economic crises of American colonialism through the lense of a devastating natural disaster.
Festivals: Tribeca, Hot Docs
Still from
Landfall
Directed by:
Cecilia Aldorando
Landfall@Landfall_Doc
— BIFF 2021 | Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (@BuffaloFilmFest) October 2, 2020
Dir by Cecilia Aldarondo (@blackscrackle)
Kaleidoscopic portrait of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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