LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUST BOWL FANTASY
Dir. Tony Buba, 1988.
US. 80 min.
In English.

SATURDAY, MAY 2ND - 10PM
FRIDAY, MAY 15th - 7:30PM (Q&A with director Tony Buba)
TUESDAY, MAY 19th - 7:30PM (Q&A with director Tony Buba)

After over a decade making short films addressing political issues in his native Braddock, PA, Tony Buba made his feature debut with this freewheeling, diaristic first-person documentary about the economic decline of his hometown following the collapse of the steel industry in Western Pennsylvania. 

From this starting point, Buba creates a brilliantly funny and impassioned reflection on the relationship between labor and capital, whether in manufacturing or the movie business. As much a story of an independent filmmaker negotiating his career as that of a town fighting for its future, Buba’s dry humor, candid self-reflection and flair for imagination (including parodies of major Hollywood films) exist alongside a lucid anger at the capitalist forces waging war on Braddock's working people. 

On May 15th and May 19th, we’ll be joined by Tony Buba for a Q&A about the film.