Black Sun
Maysles Documentary Center
A long-unseen and rarely screened Soviet drama, this film offers a fictionalized portrayal of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba through the character of Robert Moussombe, the president of an unnamed African nation. Drawing from the real events of the Congo Crisis in the 1960s, it captures the turmoil of post-independence Africa as it became a battleground for Cold War ideologies. Told through haunting flashbacks and a metaphysical dialogue between two dead men, BLACK SUN blends political allegory with personal tragedy.
Saturday, October 25
In Person: Speakers to be announced
Black Sun
Maysles Documentary Center
A long-unseen and rarely screened Soviet drama, this film offers a fictionalized portrayal of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba through the character of Robert Moussombe, the president of an unnamed African nation. Drawing from the real events of the Congo Crisis in the 1960s, it captures the turmoil of post-independence Africa as it became a battleground for Cold War ideologies. Told through haunting flashbacks and a metaphysical dialogue between two dead men, BLACK SUN blends political allegory with personal tragedy.
Saturday, October 25
In Person: Speakers to be announced