IN CINEMA
Sunday, September 21st at 12PM
The Harlem International Film Festival
THE LONG GAME
Jace Anderson, 2024, 87 min
Ambitious ingenue Holly Sloan (Sekai Abeni) falls for older man Richard (Jackie Earle Haley) and agrees to help him con Mariah McKay (Kathleen Turner), an 80s starlet who has faded into a Norma Desmond-like obscurity. The two women strike up an unlikely friendship, with Holly first taking a job and then renting a room in the star’s house. Caught between her passion for Richard and her allegiance to Mariah, Holly must decide where her true loyalties lie. Based on a short story by New York Times-bestselling author Janet Fitch.
LOVER
Ching-Wen Yang, Shao-hua Wang, Zhi-kou Zhai, 2024, 5 min
This story tells about the relationship between a companion robot, ALICE, and her owner, Hana. Hana, suffering from depression, often releases her stress on ALICE, causing the robot to frequently malfunction. ALICE beon five counts of first-degree murder for allegedly passing a gun to Jackson during the visit. No other suspects are even considered, nor is any investigation conducted once they have identified Steve Bingham as the likely source. The FBI is determined to crack down on radical lawyers, who according to J. Edgar Hoover are “more dangerous than the people who throw bombs,” and it launches a major manhunt. A nationwide all-points bulletin (APB) is issued for Bingham’s arrest, but he is nowhere to be found.
Post-screening discussion with Jace Anderson, Ching-Wen Yang, Shao-hua Wang, and Zhi-kou Zhai
$15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
