The Bronx Museum of the Arts is screening the Bronx-based film “Gun Hill Road” tonight. Above is a trailer for the film, which opened in theaters last summer. We wrote about the movie last spring when it was shown at the Bronx Film Festival during Bronx Week. Tonight, the film’s director, Rashaad Ernesto Green, will be answering questions after the screening. I encourage everyone, especially Bronxites, to watch this film. It really explores the borough’s attitudes toward LGBT people and issues. But deeper than that even, it explores family dynamics and what it means to be a father, a man and a good person. And it’s just fun to see the Bronx shown off in a beautifully filmed movie.

Here are the details from the press release:

“Gun Hill Road” is the story of a family in transition. It is the story of a young man exploring his sexuality in an intolerant and judgmental world and his exploration’s impact on his relationship with his parents and himself.

 

A film by writer/director Rashaad Ernesto Green, “Gun Hill Road” was a finalist for the esteemed Jury Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and played at festivals globally in Spring 2011.

 

Starring Esai Morales (La Bamba, Caprica) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs), and introducing Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road opened theatrically on August 5, 2011 to critical acclaim.

 

Post-screening panel to include the film’s director Rashaad Ernesto Green.

6:00pm: Open Museum & Tours
6:30pm: Screening
8:00pm: Panel with the Director

 

North Wing – 2nd Fl.
FREE