You Were My First Boyfriend

Showings

Firehouse Cinema Fri, Nov 3, 2023 2:30 PM
Firehouse Cinema Fri, Nov 3, 2023 4:45 PM
Firehouse Cinema Fri, Nov 3, 2023 7:15 PM
Firehouse Cinema Sat, Nov 4, 2023 2:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Sat, Nov 4, 2023 4:30 PM
Q&A with Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey and Judith Helfand
Firehouse Cinema Sat, Nov 4, 2023 7:00 PM
Q&A with Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey and Noah Michelson
Firehouse Cinema Sun, Nov 5, 2023 4:30 PM
Q&A with Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey and Leah Giblin
Firehouse Cinema Sun, Nov 5, 2023 7:00 PM
Q&A with Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey and Marcia Smith
Firehouse Cinema Sun, Nov 5, 2023 9:30 PM
Firehouse Cinema Mon, Nov 6, 2023 3:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Mon, Nov 6, 2023 5:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Mon, Nov 6, 2023 9:45 PM
Firehouse Cinema Tue, Nov 7, 2023 2:30 PM
Open Captioning
Firehouse Cinema Tue, Nov 7, 2023 4:30 PM
Firehouse Cinema Tue, Nov 7, 2023 7:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Wed, Nov 8, 2023 12:30 PM
New Parents Sensory Friendly
Firehouse Cinema Wed, Nov 8, 2023 3:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Wed, Nov 8, 2023 7:00 PM
Q&A with Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey and Farihah Zaman
Firehouse Cinema Thu, Nov 9, 2023 2:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Thu, Nov 9, 2023 4:30 PM
Firehouse Cinema Thu, Nov 9, 2023 7:00 PM
Cast/Crew Info
Directed by:Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey
Produced by:Ines Hofmann Kanna
Film Info
Event Type:New Release
Runtime:97 min
Release Year:2023
Production Country:USA
Original Language:Spanish, English
General:$16
Members:$8
Event Type Link:https://firehousecinema.dctvny.org/newrelease

Description

NY Theatrical Premiere

 

Sat Nov 4, 4:30pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated byJudith Helfand, Filmmaker and Co-Founder, Chicken and Egg Pictures

 

Sat Nov 4, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Noah Michelson, Huffington Post

Sun Nov 5, 4:30pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey and moderated by Leah Giblin

 

Sun Nov 5, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Marcia Smith, President, Firelight Media

Wed Nov 8, 7pm: with directors Cecilia Aldarondo + Sarah Enid Hagey moderated by Farihah Zaman

 

What if you could rewrite your adolescence? In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo embarks on a fantastical quest to reconcile her tortured teen years. She ‘goes back' in more ways than one, tracking down old foes and friends alike, and re-staging her most primal humiliations while casting herself as a teenager.

 

In a cathartic, time-bending process of letting go, Cecilia is forced to confront the flawed memories she's held onto for years. Oscillating between present and past, hallucination and reality, You Were My First Boyfriend is a hybrid documentary that explores the power of adolescent fantasy, the subtle violence of cultural assimilation, and the funhouse mirror of time's passage. Perhaps we will all learn something about growing older and making peace with the things that haunt us.

 


 

Trailer

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