Back to All Events

Films on the Green Presents BLACK ORPHEUS

Films on the Green Festival

BLACK ORPHEUS
A film by Marcel Camus
(France/Brazil/Italy, 1959, 107 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, on the run from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira. Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, this retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice kicked off the bossa nova craze that sent hi-fis across America spinning.

Presented in partnership with Brasil SummerFest, Cinema Tropical, and Summer on the Hudson.

Friday, July 30 at 8:30pm
Riverside Park - Pier I
(West 70th Street and Riverside Park South, New York City)
Free and open to the public, but seating will be limited - Reservations are not taken.
For more information visit

Online: Friday, July 30 at 8:30pm
Reserve your free ticket now!
For more information visit

**Access to the virtual platform is based on location; only people within a 30-mile radius of New York City can access the screening. The screening has a limited number of tickets available.**

For more information visit: https://frenchculture.org/events/13393-virtual-cinema-chavela

Earlier Event: July 19
Broadcast Premiere of STATELESS on POV
Later Event: August 18
MARICARMEN at the BBC LongShots Online Film Festival
 
 
 
NYSCA Logo - Black.3.png
 

Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.