Film Screening: "Characters Disappearing" + Q&A with film's director Connor Sen Warnick

Join us for this movie screening and Q&A with movie's director Connor Sen Warnick. 

New York City, 1971. Characters Disappearing transposes an elliptical, intertwining narrative structure into a historical context informed by the Asian American Movement. Though the film may be set in 1971, it reflects a world that exists in an era of it's own autonomous design - neither then nor now, yet suggestive of both. The political, spiritual, and corporeal agendas of Mei, Chris, and Leonard intersect within a melancholic vision of the Asian American Movement. Characters Disappearing is a portrait of a Chinatown rarely seen, where bursts of unexplained violence and spectral figures co-exist with the promise, and fragility, of multi-ethnic solidarities. 

Directed by Connor Sen Warnick, who is a filmmaker, artist, and writer based in NYC's Chinatown. Previous work has been featured in The New York Times and exhibited / screened at the Guggenheim Museum, Anthology Film Archives, Metrograph, and CAAM fest, among other venues. 

NieuwLand is wheelchair accessible but the toilets are not. The nearest public spaces with larger toilets are Wereld Museum Amsterdam (open Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 17), and hotel The Manor (open 24/7). 

Entrance is free but there will be a donation jar (cash or pin). Please think about donating something if you are able - a place like NieuwLand can only exist through the contributions of volunteers and friends.