Screen/Society--"Time of the Heathen" (Peter Kass, 1961)

TIME OF THE HEATHEN
(Peter Kass, 1961, 76 min, USA, English, DCP)

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A "lost" marvel of independent filmmaking, TIME OF THE HEATHEN is set in the immediate shadow of the atomic bomb, yet narrativized through the groundbreaking aesthetics and shifting racial politics of the 1960s. Directed by Peter Kass, best known for his path breaking work in the New York theater world, and strikingly lensed by visual artist and avant garde filmmaker Ed Emshwiller, HEATHEN is a major discovery for even the most well-versed cinephiles.

"[A] harrowing acid bummer of American foreign policy atrocities." - Screen Slate

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