Harpur Cinema Presents: Landfall

Cecilia Aldorango, USA Dominican Replublic , 2020, 94 min.

Friday, November 22, 2024, and Sunday, November 24, 2023: Lecture Hall 6, 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm. $4 Single Admission.

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 protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, Landfall reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become?