DENIS VILLENEUVE'S DUNE: PART TWO
2024. 166 min.
The sci-fi saga continues in acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s dark and colossal blockbuster Dune: Part Two, where messiah Paul Atreides embarks on a path of revenge after the fall of the House of Atreides while endeavoring to prevent a terrible future that only he can foresee.
The Arverne Cinema will open at 6pm with a dystopian Afrofuturist DJ set. The screening will start at 8:30pm.
subt.le is a dj/sound-selector, multidisciplinary artist, from the Atlantic Ocean by way of Hampton Roads VA, who creates installations exploring African Diasporic identities, honoring his ancestors’ stories through archival and found materials, sound collages, painting, film, and other forms. subt.le's practice generates pathways to acknowledge and alchemize harms committed to disrupt despair, to equip and strengthen past, present, and future generations. He is based in NYC and is currently an MFA candidate at Queens College focusing on Social Practice and Installation. He is also a member of the New York City based artist collective and record label PTP.
Food for purchase by Brothers. Presented in collaboration with Alfreda's Cinema. Special thanks to Melissa Lyde.
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Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
RFF is proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall. RFF receives additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.