Punishment Park - Sunday Schmooze

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Sun, Jun 14 10:00 AM

Description

Sunday Schmooze
PUNISHMENT PARK
Sunday, June 14th
bagels at 10 AM
Film at 11 AM
Hosted by Film Critic Michael Atkinson
$20 Public | $15 Members

Spurring controversy upon its release, Punishment Park remains a searingly relevant reflection on violence and authoritarian power in the United States. Directed by Peter Watkins, this pseudo-documentary imagines a near-future America under a state of emergency, where antiwar protesters and civil rights activists are detained under the McCarran Act and offered a brutal choice: prison or cross a scorching desert while hunted by heavily armed police and National Guard. Intercut with a sham tribunal, Watkins’ harrowing vision remains a chilling, prescient indictment the suppression of dissent. (USA, UK, 1971, 88 mins, English | Dir. Peter Watkins)