Bright Future

Sunday, May 4
1 pm | Kaufmann Theater
US Premiere 

Director in Attendance: Andra MacMasters
 
2024 | 89 min | North Korea

In July 1989, the 13th World Festival of Students and Youth commenced with unprecedented fanfare. In a display of anti-imperialist unity, 22,000 people from 177 countries arrived in Pyongyang for the event. That summer, which followed the Tiananmen Square protests and preceded the Romanian Revolution, the world order was on the brink of seismic change. Bright Future captures a pivotal moment in the youth struggle for democracy. 

The screening will be followed by a talkback with director Andra MacMasters and moderator Noah Bashevkin, director of film at The Office Performing Arts + Film and consultant to the Margaret Mead Film Festival.   

Check out the full Margaret Mead Film Festival schedule