nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her
mother’s breast milk known as “the milk of
sorrow.” However, this is not a sickness caused
by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that
only affects those women in Peru who were
abused or raped during the years of terrorist
struggle. Although this horrific period is now
history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder
of this time. Her sickness is called fear – and it
has robbed her of her soul. But then, when her
mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face
her fears. The overpowering nature of these fears
and the desperate lengths to which Fausta will
go to assuage them is revealed by her biggest
secret: in order to bar loathsome intruders from
In the summer of ’76, as President Jimmy Carter
pledges to give government back to the people, tensions
run high in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood
where the Black Panthers once flourished. When Marcus
(Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker) returns—having
bolted years earlier—his homecoming isn’t exactly met
with fanfare. His former movement brothers blame
him for an unspeakable betrayal. Only his best friend’s
widow, Patricia (Kerry Washington, Miracle at St. Ana),
appreciates Marcus’s predicament, which both unites and
paralyzes them. As Patricia’s daughter compels the two
comrades to confront their past, history repeats itself in
dangerous ways. Night Catches Us masterfully reckons
with the complexity of its characters’ revolutionary
ideologies and internal desires. Bell-bottoms, Afros,
the MilK oF sorroW
(la teta asustada)
Peru’s entry into the Oscars for Best Foreign
Language Film 2010 and a Final Five Candidate.
Golden Bear, Best Film Berlin International Film Festival,
Best Film Montreal World Cinema, Best Film
Guadalajara Film Festival
Thurs Nov 11 2:30 PM-4:10 PM
sAT Nov 13 12:10 PM-1:50 PM
entering her body she has inserted a potato into her vagina as
a kind of antibacterial ‘defense shield’. However, her mother’s
death unleashes unexpected events that change Fausta’s life
dramatically, as well as the lives of others involved. Fausta now
sets out on a journey – a journey that will lead her out of her
fear and into freedom. The film addresses a dark era in Peru.
Established in 2001, the Peruvian Commission for Truth and
Reconciliation has registered almost 70,000 murder cases, as
well as countless rapes, abductions and other human rights
abuses in the period from 1980 to the year 2000.
[dir. claudia llosa, 2009, peru, video, 94mins. in Spanish and Quechua
with English subtitles]
Website: www.olivefilms.com
niGht catches us
potlucks, and Caddies set the scene as the film potently interweaves
political media with an evocative soul-inspired score, summoning a
vivid sense of place and time. The golden light that bathes characters’
faces seems to express the promise—and elusiveness—of the
necessary change Marcus and Patricia struggle for so dearly—each by
separate means. Winning widespread acclaim at its recent Sundance
premiere, particularly for the outstanding performances from Mackie
and Washington, director Tanya Hamilton’s period film brings to life the
intelligence, depth and activism of this Philadelphia community with
the meticulous care and respect that it deserves, fashioning a tale that
is part love story, part political drama and part cultural critique.
[dir. tanya Hamilton, 2010, uS, 35mm, 90 mins.]
Website: www.nightcatchesus.com
Sponsored by:
WEd Nov 10 5:40 PM-7:15 PM Happy Birthday Kimberly Flynn
FrI Nov 12 10:00 AM-11:35 AM Tanger Outlet Center
sAT Nov 13 12:35 PM-2:10 PM
suN Nov 14 12:55 PM-2:30 PM Paul & Anne Kuhns
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