“Rita of the Sky,” the documentary that rocked the International Festival, will get an encore screening next weekend. Press release follows:
ENCORE SCREENINGS OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY
The Screening Room is pleased to announce three encore screenings of the award-winning documentary RITA OF THE SKY on May 8, 9 & 10.
RITA OF THE SKY played to sold-out houses at the 2009 Arizona International Film Festival in April and received the “Best Feature Documentary” and “Best of Arizona” awards.
RITA OF THE SKY is a story that prowls the edges between cultures. A judge sends a mysterious woman to a Kansas mental hospital because, to officials, her language resembles the “guttural noises” of a mentally ill person. After 10 years, they learn she is a Tarahumara Indian from the Copper Canyon in Mexico, who had been speaking her native language all along. She had walked 1500 miles from her canyon village to Kansas. Emerging from captivity, she can no longer speak at all because of the drugs given to her in the hospital.
RITA OF THE SKY will screen on Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm, Saturday, May 9
at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 10 at 3:00pm. Filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson will introduce the film and will answer questions after the screenings. Admission is $8.