Event

GUN HILL ROAD

Thursday, May 26 at 7:30pm
Members: $9 / Public: $13 Includes Reception
After three years in prison, macho Enrique (Esai Morales) returns to the Bronx to
find the world he once knew has turned upside down. His wife, Angela (Judy
Reyes), struggles to hide an emotional affair, and his teenage son, Michael (newcomer
Harmony Santana), explores a sexual transformation well beyond Enrique's grasp and
understanding. Unable to accept his child, Enrique clings to his masculine ideals while
Angela attempts to hold the family together by protecting Michael. Still under the
watchful eye of his parole offcer (Isiah Whitlock, Jr), Enrique must become the father
he needs to be or, once again, risk losing his family and freedom. Can a father's fierce
love for his family overcome his street-hardened ideas about manhood and end the
vicious cycle controlling his life? Writer/director Rashaad Ernesto Green's first
feature flm is an intricate portrait of a family divided told with sensitivity, gentle humor, and a deep understanding of the environment
that shapes its people. (USA, 2011, 88 mins., DigiBeta, color)