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THCFF 16: Memories of a Penitent Heart
Sunday, Oct 2, 2016 7:30 PM
Director Cecilia Aldarondo will participate in a post-screening Q&A via Skype!
FLORIDA PREMIERE! Twenty five years after Miguel Dieppa died from AIDS, his niece, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, embarks on an excavation into a quagmire of unresolved family drama.
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THCFF: Weekend Pass THCFF: Tickets - $12.00
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Like many gay men in the 1980s, Miguel moved from
Puerto Rico to New York City; he found a career in theater and a
rewarding relationship. Yet on his deathbed he grappled to reconcile his
homosexuality with his Catholic upbringing. Now, decades after his
death, Cecilia locates Miguel’s lover Robert, who has been shunned and
demonized by the family, in order to understand the whole story.
Braiding recently discovered home movies, interviews, and contemporary
vérité footage, Memories of a Penitent Heart dissects a family secret
while exploring the AIDS crisis and the rarely heard story of Latino
artists who died in the early days of the epidemic. This is a moving
story about mistakes of the past and second chances that also questions
how faith is used in times of crisis.
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