May 25
Echos From A Somber Empire
(1990) In the Central African Republic, journalist Michael Goldsmith (a former prisoner and torturee) questions a wife and some of the 50 odd children of ex-"emperor" (self-proclaimed) Jean-Bédel Bokassa and tours his former HQ, with archive footage of the blood-soaked 13-year reign intercut. (Herzog himself was briefly Bokassa's prisoner.)
When & Where
May 25
Friday, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
New York, NY 10014
212 627 2035