Astoria’s Socrates Sculpture Park hosts this summer film series, co-sponsored by Film Forum and Rooftop Films, that focuses on independent and international cinema: last year’sSonita, about a female Afghan rapper, and the Herzog man-against-nature classic Aguirre, the Wrath of God highlight the schedule. The movies play on the wide lawn of a beautiful green space with large-scale art installations.
2016 Schedule
July 6: The African Queen (1951)
July 13: L'Atalante (1934)
July 20: Sonita (2015)
July 27: Rivers and Tides (2001)
August 3: Girl Asleep (2015)
August 10: Suzhou River (2000)
August 17: Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
August 24: Embrace the Serpent (2015)