Anarchists And Film

Guest curated by Pietro Ferrua, founder of the International Center for Research on Anarchism
Fridays, May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 7 & 9 pm • Screening Room
$8 regular, $5 YBCA members, seniors & students

Behold a Pale Horse
by Fred Zinnemann
(1964, 118 min, 35mm)
Fri, May 20, 7 pm
Based on E. Pressberger’s novel “Killing a Mouse on Sunday,” the film is set at the end of the Spanish Civil War. Manuel Artiguez goes into exile in France, but continues to carry out guerilla forays into Spain. Twenty years later a young boy, Paco, tries to persuade a now-apathetic Manuel to kill a vicious Spanish police chief Vinolas. Manuel is tricked into coming back to Spain to see his dying mother, with Vinolas using a priest to lure him…

Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman
by Mel Bucklin
(2004, 82 min, Beta SP)
Fri, May 20, 9:15 pm
This documentary is a perfect introduction into the life of this Russian immigrant and later, ex-patriot, Emma Goldman. Feared in the U.S. as a sponsor of anarchy and revolution, she was vilified in the press as "Red Emma," "Queen of the Anarchists," and "the most dangerous woman in America".