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Night Is Not Eternal

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Night Is Not Eternal

Oct 20, 2024

1h 32m

★ 6.7

Freedom is worth the fight.

Overview

For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows Rosa María Payá, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Payá, in Rosa's fight for democratic change in Cuba. Rosa's narrative is interwoven with Wang's poignant reflections on her Chinese upbringing and her observations of eroding democratic norms in the U.S., revealing unsettling similarities to the authoritarian system she left behind.

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Rosa María Payá

Nanfu Wang

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Nanfu Wang

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Ofelia Acevedo

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Sayli Navarro Alvarez

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