70th Anniversary!
Introduction and Post-Film Conversation with Gaspar González
With The Searchers, John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest, Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made. Seating is first-come, first-served. There is no assigned seating.
About Gaspar González
Gaspar González has produced documentary programming for PBS, the BBC, ESPN, TV One, and others. His credits include the national PBS release Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami; the Grantland short doc Gay Talese’s Address Book; Havana House, winner of the Audience Award at the 2017 Miami Film Festival; and the ESPN films The All-American Cuban Comet and the upcoming Summer of ’83. His work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, the Telly Awards, and AFI Docs.