THE PRESENT SITUATION

Dir. Joel Straley, 2024
United States. 105 min.
In English.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 – 7:30 PM featuring post-screening discussion

Join us on November 20 for a one night only screening of local film maker, Joel Straley’s 2024 film, THE PRESENT SITUATION.

Alluding to the group of writers and activists, The Situationist International, this film follows three political dissidents who kidnap a hedge fund manager in an attempt to do vigilante justice. After some initial success their ideological differences cause major impasse. The drama is cut with equal parts YouTube clips pertaining to our contemporary political reality (or our present situation). The characters in this plausible satire can be considered with the back drop of the archival footage. Straley has created an excellent portrait of our vexed political landscape.

This event will be followed by a Q and A which will not only pertain to the film’s making but to questions and problems it highlights.