6/15: Film Screening: The Guatemalan Handshake

Friday, June 15
The Guatemalan Handshake

Location: Fools Foundation - 1025 19th St. Off of K St, between 19th and 20th, next to the back-end of Old Spaghetti Factory. 7:00 PM. Admission: $5.00.

In the confusion following a massive power outage, an awkward demolition derby driver vanishes, setting in motion a series of events affecting his pregnant girlfriend, his helplessly car-less father, a pack of wild boy scouts, a lactose intolerant roller rink employee, an elderly woman in search of her lost dog, and his best friend ­ a ten-year-old girl named Turkeylegs.

Pieces of the mystery begin to come together as Turkeylegs sets out to find her missing friend. Cars drive circles in the dirt, a woman attends her own funeral, the sun rises sideways and an orange vehicle trades hands again and again. Everything eventully culminates in a massive demolition derby that throws all of the characters into different directions.

As the trailer states: A feast for the senses. A challenge for the brain.

This amazing film features Will Oldham ("Matewan," "Old Joy"), Katy Haywood (who by the fifth grade had already produced a one-act play!), Ken Byrne (former VP of Topps turned stage actor) and Cory McAbee ("The American Astronaut").

It's highly unlikely you've ever seen anything quite like "The Guatemalan Handshake."

“Convention-defying filmmaking that suggests what Jacques Tati may have done with rural America” ­ Variety

“Todd Rohal's wonderful debut feature, 'The Guatemalan Handshake,' is more inventive in its first ten minutes than the entire duration of many films at the [Sundance] festival.” ­ GreenCine


We are doing regular weekly film screenings with Fools Foundation on Fridays at 7 PM - most are $5 (unless otherwise noted in advance), and will have filmmakers out from time to time.


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