Farewell Amor

Wed, Mar 16

7:00 pm Q&A

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!

Wed, Mar 16 @ 7:00 pm: Introduction by Caryn Coleman (The FOFIF); followed by Q&A with Ekwa Msangi (writer/director) and Huriyyah Muhammad (producer) with Kia Brooks (Deputy Director of The Gotham)

Director: Ekwa Msangi Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2020

Starring: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah

The Gotham and The Future of Film is Female present a special Women’s Month screening of Ekwa Msangi’s 2018 Gotham supported feature, Farewell Amor. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

After 17 years in exile, Walter finally reunites with his family after being forced to leave Angola for New York City. We meet the family as Walter is picking up his wife, Esther, and daughter, Sylvia, from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. They quickly discover how the years of separation have turned them into absolute strangers. As they attempt to overcome the personal and political hurdles amongst them, they rely on the muscle memory of dance to find their way back “home.” FAREWELL AMOR is an immigrant story that has come to define the American landscape since its inception.

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