Behind The Screen: La Bola Negra

La Bola Negra, the new film from Spanish writer-directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, won the Best Director award at Cannes and the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Inspired by the surviving pages of an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca and Alberto Conejero's award-winning play La piedra oscura, it follows three gay men in Spain in 1932, 1937, and 2017, moving from the years before the Spanish Civil War through the war itself to the present day. A panel discussion follows with Carlos Ramos of Wellesley College, Wan Sonya Tang of Boston College, and moderator Fernando Rosenberg of Brandeis University, exploring the film's roots in Lorca's work, its portrayal of the Spanish Civil War and Franco era, and how it brings queer history and historical memory to the screen. The screening takes place Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 1:00 PM at West Newton Cinema in Newton.

Summary compiled from listings on Newton Arts Calendar and Wayland Post.