MAYAK (LIGHTHOUSE)
(Маяк)
dir. Maria Saakyan, 2006
Armenia/Russia. 78 min.
In Russian with English subtitles.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 5 PM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 7:30 PM

Saakyan’s MAYAK tells a distinctly Hayq (and unfortunately very timely) tale of living through a one-sided war. A young woman, Lena, attempts to convince her grandparents to escape to Russia, only to find herself trapped by invading forces. And yet, life goes on. What does it mean to live—and be alive—in this existence? Gorgeous, somber images, object comfort, and a tragically accepted melancholy coalesce into the defining text of Maria’s style, also the first Armenian feature to be completed by a woman.

Spectacle would like to shed light on a few organizations that are accepting donations in light of the ongoing and escalating aggressions in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Any help provided to the affected indigenous Armenians is deeply appreciated. *linktree/orgs to come*