Epicentro

Directed by Hubert Sauper

Year: 2020

Country: France, Austria

Language: English and Spanish with English subtitles

Epicentro is an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, "utopian" Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the U.S.S. Maine still resonates. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time and place, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda. In his latest film, Academy Award nominee Hubert Sauper (Darwin's Nightmare) explores a century of interventionism and myth-making together with the extraordinary people of Havana—who he calls "young prophets"—to interrogate time, imperialism and cinema itself.

Reviews

"Captures a Cuba that seems frozen in time… a vivid sense of Havana."

- Allan Hunter, Screen Daily

"A hypnotic immersion into a country and culture embargoed by decades of our country’s foreign policy."

- Peter Keough, The Boston Globe

"A brilliant mixture of historical-poetic analysis and a ground-level journey among the denizens of Havana. The director’s remarkable eye… will mesmerize you."

- Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

"A rigorous but compassionate gaze on this remarkable place."

- Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

"An excellent exercise in decolonial thinking."

- Inge Coolsaet, POV Magazine

"A film that’s just brimming with ideas."

- Devika Girish, Film Comment Podcast

Awards

Winner: Grand Prize, World Documentary – Sundance Film Festival

Cast

Oona Chaplin

A scene from Epicentro, courtesy Kino Lorber

Venue	City	State	Screening Options
14 Pews	Houston	TX	Virtual Cinema
a/perture cinema	Winston Salem	NC	Virtual Cinema
ACME Screening Room	Lambertville	NJ	Virtual Cinema
AFI Silver	Silver Spring	MD	Virtual Cinema
Arena Theater	Point Arena	CA	Virtual Cinema
ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks	Bethlehem	PA	Virtual Cinema
Athens Ciné	Athens	GA	Virtual Cinema
Avalon Theatre	Washington	DC	Virtual Cinema
Avon Theatre	Stamford	CT	Virtual Cinema
Balboa Theatre	San Francisco	CA	Virtual Cinema
Bozeman Film Society	Bozeman	MT	Virtual Cinema
Cameo Art House Theatre	Fayetteville	NC	Virtual Cinema
Cameo Cinema	St. Helena	CA	Virtual Cinema
Carbon Arc Cinema	Halifax	NS	Virtual Cinema
Central Cinema	Knoxville	TN	Virtual Cinema
Cinemapolis	Ithaca	NY	Virtual Cinema
Cinematique of Wilmington	Wilimington	NC	Virtual Cinema
CineSpeak	Philadelphia	PA	Virtual Cinema
City Lights Cinemas	Florence	OR	Virtual Cinema
Cleveland Cinematheque	Cleveland	OH	Virtual Cinema
COLCOA	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
Corazon Cinema	St Augustine	FL	Virtual Cinema
Countryfest Community Cinema	Dauphin	MB	Virtual Cinema
Crystal Theatre	Carbondale	CO	Virtual Cinema
Darkside Cinema	Corvallis	OR	Virtual Cinema
DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema	New York	NY	Virtual Cinema
Downing Film Center	Newburgh	NY	Virtual Cinema
Enzian Theatre	Maitland	FL	Virtual Cinema
FilmBar	Phoenix	AZ	Virtual Cinema
Fine Arts Theatres	Overland Park	KS	Virtual Cinema
Flicks Theatre	Boise	ID	Virtual Cinema
Frontier Cafe	Brunswick	ME	Virtual Cinema
Gene Siskel Film Center	Chicago	IL	Virtual Cinema
Guild Cinema	Albuquerque	NM	Virtual Cinema
Hamptons Film	East Hampton	NY	Virtual Cinema
Hawai'i International Film Festival	Honolulu	HI	Virtual Cinema
Hilo Palace Theater	Hilo	HI	Virtual Cinema
Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre	Hurleyville	NY	Virtual Cinema
International Film Series	Boulder	CO	Virtual Cinema
Jane Pickens Theatre	Newport	RI	Virtual Cinema
Laemmle Theatres	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
Liberty Theatre	Camas	WA	Virtual Cinema
Lincoln Theatre	Mount Vernon	WA	Virtual Cinema
Lumiere Cinema	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
Majestic Theater	Gettysburg	PA	Virtual Cinema
Metro Cinema	Edmonton	AB	Virtual Cinema
Michigan Theater	Ann Arbor	MI	Virtual Cinema
Middleburg Film Festival	Middleburg	VA	Virtual Cinema
Midtown Cinema	Harrisburg	PA	Virtual Cinema
MSP Film Society	Minneapolis	MN	Virtual Cinema
Museum of the Moving Image	Astoria	NY	Virtual Cinema
North Park Theatre	Buffalo	NY	Virtual Cinema
Northwest Film Forum	Seattle	WA	Virtual Cinema
Olympia Film Society	Olympia	WA	Virtual Cinema
Onyx Theatre	Nevada City	CA	Virtual Cinema
Pensacola Cinema Art	Pensacola	FL	Virtual Cinema
Philadelphia Film Society	Philadelphia	PA	Virtual Cinema
Pickford Film Center	Bellingham	WA	Virtual Cinema
Plaza Theatre	Atlanta	GA	Virtual Cinema
Portland Museum of Art	Portland	ME	Virtual Cinema
Red River Theatres	Concord	NH	Virtual Cinema
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts	Jamestown	NY	Virtual Cinema
Roxie Theater	San Francisco	CA	Virtual Cinema
Senator Theatre	Baltimore	MD	Virtual Cinema
Strand Theatre	Rockland	ME	Virtual Cinema
Sun-Ray Cinema	Jacksonville	FL	Virtual Cinema
Symphony Space	New York	NY	Virtual Cinema
Tampa Theatre	Tampa	FL	Virtual Cinema
The Carolina Theatre of Durham	Durham	NC	Virtual Cinema
The Cary Theater	Cary	NC	Virtual Cinema
The Colonial Theatre	Bethlehem	NH	Virtual Cinema
The Gorge Cinema	Elora	ON	Virtual Cinema
The Loft Cinema	Tucson	AZ	Virtual Cinema
The Nightlight Cinema	Akron	OH	Virtual Cinema
The Tull Family Theater	Sewickley	PA	Virtual Cinema
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
Time & Space Limited	Hudson	NY	Virtual Cinema
United Theatre	Westerly	RI	Virtual Cinema
Varsity Theatre	Davis	CA	Virtual Cinema
Vermont International Film Festival	Burlington	VT	Virtual Cinema
Weinberg Center for the Arts	Frederick	MD	Virtual Cinema
Wellfleet Preservation Hall	Wellfleet	MA	Virtual Cinema
Wilmette Theatre	Wilmette	IL	Virtual Cinema
Winnipeg Cinematheque	Winnipeg	MB	Virtual Cinema

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Directed by Hubert Sauper

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