We regret to inform you that we were unable to secure the 35mm film print of The Brother from Another Planet for this screening. However, we will still be presenting the film in a digital format. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you enjoy the screening.

“Writer-director John Sayles plays with gentle irony on conventions of the American slave narrative in chronicling the adventures of ‘The Brother,’ a mute alien who comes to Harlem by way of Ellis Island (and outer space). The Brother’s seriocomic encounters with barflies and junkies, racist cops and street preachers—as well as ordinary folks just trying to get by—offer a timeless tale of two cities, segregated as always by race and class yet pulsating with immigrant life.” – MoMA