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Lessons of Darkness

by Werner Herzog. 1992, Germany, 54 min.

July 26, 2026

at

8:30 pm

Arverne Cinema Outside

Tickets Tickets

$10

Werner Herzog's blazing, otherworldly and controversial vision of post-war Kuwait sweeps through ravaged oil fields in a sea of fire. The German auteur never identifies the landscape, creating a portrait of a war that could be anywhere, at any time. Set to compositions by Wagner, Verdi, and Mahler, Herzog called it "a requiem for a planet that we ourselves have destroyed."

Doors at 6:30 pm. Your ticket includes a performance by Rockaway Chamber Music at 7:00 pm. Food by Brothers.

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Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema.

We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers 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 Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.

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