Doc 'Stranded' to screen at
January's Second Monday
POSTED ON November 11, 2008
Stranded
Monday, Jan 12 @ 7 pm
For the first time ever, survivors of the famous Andes plane crash tell, in their own words, their harrowing story of survival.
In 1972, a Uruguayan rugby team flying to a match in Chile crashed in the Andes, and spent over two grueling months surrounded by snow and their dying comrades. In order to survive the ordeal, they resorted to cannibalism.
This is a well-known story, told in multiple feature films, books, and "Where are they now?" human-interest news items. It's no exaggeration to say that Gonzalo Arijon's Stranded: I Have Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains is the definitive version.
Director: Gonzalo Arijon | Documentary | In Spanish w/subtitles | Not Rated | 113 minutes
Details:
- DATE: Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 @ 7 p.m.
- LOCATION: Jane Pickens Theater
49 Touro St.
Newport, RI - ADMISSION: $10 / $8 NIFF Members and students
Tickets are available the night of the screening; the box office at the Pickens opens at 6 p.m.
About the Series
The Second Monday Cinema Series began in 2007, with the purpose of of screening a new film — before its national release — on the second Monday of each month.
The series, which is NIFF's first foray into year-round programming, kicked off in November, 2007, with the drama "Starting Out in the Evening," starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose and Lili Taylor.
Films that have screened in the Second Monday Cinema Series:
- Of All The Things, dir. Jody Lambert; December, 2008
- A Christmas Tale, dir. Arnaud Desplechin; November, 2008
- We Are Wizards, dir. Josh Koury; October, 2008
- Brideshead Revisited, dir. Julian Jarrold; August, 2008
- Note By Note, dir. Ben Niles; July 2008
- Then She Found Me, dir. Helen Hunt; May 2008
- My Brother is An Only Child, dir. Daniele Luchetti; April 2008
- Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), dir. Patricia Riggen; March 2008
- Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts; February 2008
- The Air That I Breathe, dir. Jieho Lee; January 2008
- My Kid Could Paint That, dir. Amir Bar-Lev; December 2007
- Starting Out in the Evening, dir. Andrew Wagner; November 2007