Film Screening: Tiempo de morir

September 26, 2018 - 4:00 pm

Segal Theatre
The Graduate Center, CUNY

Tiempo de Morir Film Screening & Discussion Septemebr 26, 2018

After serving his conviction, a former gunman returns to his town planning to live a quiet life, however, the sons of a man he killed have other plans.

This classic Mexican neo-western, was the first realized screenplay of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez and legendary Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. Under the direction of Arturo Ripstein, TIME TO DIE represents one of the earliest examples of New Mexican Cinema and one of the most accomplished Mexican films from the 1960s.

Awards and Festivals
Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival Classics 2016
Best Picture – Silver Goddess Award, Mexican Cinema Journalists

*Spanish with English subtitles

Jerry Carlson (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is Director of the Cinema Studies Program in the Department of Media & Communication Arts at The City College, CUNY. He is a specialist in narrative theory, global independent film, and the cinemas of the Americas. Carlson is an active producer, director, and writer with multiple Emmy Awards.

 

TO REGISTER send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu.