Film Screening and Discussion- Fitzcarraldo- Canceled

EVENT CANCELED

May’s theme is “True’ Stories”

This week’s film is a legendary film – its creation as famous as the movie itself: Fitzcarraldo.

“Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.”

• Showtime is 6 pm and after each screening, all will be invited to go into the downstairs conference room where a discussion of the film will be held. Meals from various local restaurants will be available for purchase at the discussions. Various scholars and critics will also be attending the screenings & discussions.