Heat Wave

About the Series

This summer at FilmScene, the heat is on (screen)!

Whiling away on a lazy day with the sun blazing in the sky is a time honored tradition, and being hot (literally and figuratively) is only human. With this series we have your desert oasis to escape those steamy temperatures, so don't break a sweat. Come relax in a cool dark room while traveling through time and across the globe with lost masterpieces, summer staples, and films that challenge the form—an eclectic mix of movies that are sure to be a hot ticket.

LA CIÉNAGA

Heat Wave Reel Representation

Sat, Jul 19 4:00pm Tue, Jul 22 7:00pm

This tale of a dissolute bourgeois extended family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer is a visceral take on class, nature, sexuality, and the ways that political turmoil and social stagnation can manifest in human relationships.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM

African Diaspora Heat Wave

Sun, Jul 27 4:00pm Thu, Jul 31 7:00pm

This landmark work of hybrid documentary filmmaking follows the pioneering director William Greaves playing a version of himself as he presides over a beleaguered film crew on a hot summer day in Central Park in 1968.