Film Works Alfresco: El Verdugo (The Executioner)

Inwood Art Workscreates and curates professional performing and visual arts in Inwood and its surrounding community.  Through itsFilm Works(Inwood Film Festival,Film Works Alfresco), Art Works(Gallery),andStage Works(Back Porch Show) programs itencourages positive social engagement, goodwill, and unity through live theater, music, dance, film, new media, and visual arts within accessible proximity at affordable prices or free of charge.

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A macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job.

The Hudson

El Verdugo (The Executioner)Monday, June 24, 2024– 92 minutes. Black Comedy in Spanish with English subtitles (1963, Spain). Appropriate for Young Adult. Pre-show performance by Xianix Barrera Flamenco at 7:30pm.This black comic masterpiece by Luis García Berlanga offers a scathing critique of Franco-era values through a macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job so the family can keep their government-allotted apartment.Programming:7:30pm - Pre-show music and dance8:30pm (approximately) - Feature PresentationProgramming will take place rain or shine at The Hudson, located at Dyckman Marina in Inwood Hill Park, 348 Dyckman Street, New York, NY 10034. <a href="https://thehudson.nyc/menus/" title="https://thehudson.nyc/menus/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Food and drink available for purchase</a> until 9pm.Free admission. Donations appreciated.Tickets required through <a href="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/" title="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.inwoodartworks.nyc</a> and Eventbrite only. Unclaimed tickets will be released by 8:20pm to the Wait List. Walk-ups will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.Seating for 100 people will be provided on first-come first served basis, but you can also bring your own folding chairs if you prefer, to guarantee your seat. All Covid-19 protocols followed as advised by CDC.For the full Film Works Alfresco summer film schedule click <a href="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/film-works/film-works-alfresco/" title="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/film-works/film-works-alfresco/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.Film Works Alfresco focuses foremost on presenting independent and popular films with local relevance that culturally resonate with the Northern Manhattan community. It is New York City's only free outdoor English and Spanish cinema series.This curated film and local artists series by <a href="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/" title="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Inwood Art Works</a> provides free screenings and theatrical performances every Monday evening at sundown at <a href="https://thehudson.nyc/" title="https://thehudson.nyc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Hudson</a>, located at 348 Dyckman Street on the edge of Inwood Hill Park and the Hudson River, from June 5 through August 28, 2023. Pre-show performances by local artists begin approximately one hour before the film.

Inwood Art Works is a not-for-profit arts organization with the mission to create and curate professional performing and visual arts in Inwood and its surrounding community. To support this program and for more information visit <a href="http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/film-works/film-works-alfresco/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.inwoodartworks.nyc </a>Film Works Alfresco is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.Film Works Alfresco is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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