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Landfall

(Cecilia Aldarondo, 2020)

Featuring a conversation with the filmmaker and Astra Taylor

Stream | Midwest Premiere

A crowd of people gather in the street, in the center of the frame is a person waving a flag
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Oct 29, 2020–Oct 30, 2020
Online

Pay what you can
Limited ticket availability

Please note: Landfall is available to viewers in Ohio only.

We’re offering a sliding scale for our Unorthodocs screenings in an effort to keep our programming accessible to all people, especially in a moment of extreme financial uncertainty. Please consider your needs and abilities—as well as those of others—when choosing how much to pay for this screening. We are very grateful for the generous support of patrons with the means to chip in a bit more in these precarious times.

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After the fallout of Hurricane Maria and an economic crisis, Landfall follows Puerto Ricans preparing to weather another threat of global significance: disaster capitalism.

Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, Landfall shares kaleidoscopic glimpses of collective trauma and resistance. The documentary captures everyday Puerto Ricans—including subsistence farmers, teachers, and activists—as they face an incoming wave of cryptocurrency traders, luxury real estate developers, and politicians, all trying to leverage the crisis in order to advance their exploitative business ventures.

Exciting young filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo examines the kinship of these two storms—one environmental, the other economic—juxtaposing competing utopian visions of community and recolonization. (One future envisions workable electricity finally being available to all citizens while another promises “renewable energy beach mixers” for cryptocurrency employees). The new Puerto Rico poses a question of global urgency: when the world falls apart, what does a just recovery look like? (91 mins., digital video)

This presentation also includes a conversation between filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo and filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician Astra Taylor.

View the complete Unorthodocs 2020 lineup.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

A crowd of people gather in the street, in the center of the frame is a person waving a flag

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative

A group of people wearing white robes and head coverings stand near an edge of a cliff by a sea

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative

The ruins of a building crumble and lean into the sea.

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative

Two people laugh and swim in the sea.

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative

Hundreds of cases of water bottles are strewn on the ground and stacked in rows.

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative

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MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
American Electric Power Foundation
L Brands Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Huntington Bank
Nationwide Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Kaufman Development
Cardinal Health Foundation

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Past Film/Video

Landfall

Oct 29, 2020–Oct 30, 2020
Thursday's Hours 11AM–7PM
Online

Pay what you can
Limited ticket availability

Please note: Landfall is available to viewers in Ohio only.

We’re offering a sliding scale for our Unorthodocs screenings in an effort to keep our programming accessible to all people, especially in a moment of extreme financial uncertainty. Please consider your needs and abilities—as well as those of others—when choosing how much to pay for this screening. We are very grateful for the generous support of patrons with the means to chip in a bit more in these precarious times.

Become a Member