Brief Encounter
Fri Oct 23, 1:50pm
Classic romance on 35mm
This event is in the past.It took place on May 31, 2026 at Metrograph.
Chinatown, New York
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🪑Wooden seats like old theaters
🍽️Try the upstairs restaurant
Step into a pivotal moment in Chinese history through the eyes of its young dreamers. This rare 1992 documentary captures Beijing students graduating in the shadow of 1989, their voices tender, searching, and full of hope for futures still unwritten.
Chinese independent cinema
historical documentary
1990s Beijing
rare art house screening
They recommend it:
Chinatown, New York
🎟️Membership pays for itself fast
🪑Wooden seats like old theaters
🍽️Try the upstairs restaurant
Step into a pivotal moment in Chinese history through the eyes of its young dreamers. This rare 1992 documentary captures Beijing students graduating in the shadow of 1989, their voices tender, searching, and full of hope for futures still unwritten.
Chinese independent cinema
historical documentary
1990s Beijing
rare art house screening
They recommend it:
Matches these interests
- Chinese independent cinema
- historical documentary
- 1990s Beijing
- rare art house screening
- Metrograph
- Chinatown
- New York
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