OUT OF MY HAND // Takeshi Fukunaga // Liberia /USA // Drama // Running Time 1 hour 28min // WATCH TRAILER
Friday, October 2 // 6:00pm // Anthology Film Archives // 32 2nd Ave., Manhattan, NY 10003
Free entry to opening night party with any pre-purchased festival ticket
SYNOPSIS
In the Liberian countryside, Cisco’s quiet life as a rubber plantation worker is disrupted by a workers’ strike. Risking everything to embark on a new life, he accepts a chance invitation to New York, where he immerses himself in its small Liberian community. But when Cisco meets Jacob, a former Liberian child soldier, he is forced to confront his difficult past.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Takeshi Fukunaga is a filmmaker based in New York. His directorial debut film, "Out of My Hand", was selected for the 2014 IFP Narrative Feature Lab. The film had its world premiere in the Panorama section at Berlin International Film Festival and won Grand Jury prize at LA Film Festival.