SAT APR 18, 2026 7:00 PM

BOATMAN / BELOW SEA LEVEL

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi

‘This Is Not a Fiction 2026’ and ‘Gianfranco Rosi: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

BOATMAN, 1993, Dir. Gianfranco Rosi, 55 Mins, Kino Lorber, Italy/USA

In Italian and Hindi with English subtitles.

Gianfranco Rosi has emerged as one of the most awarded and provocative documentarians working today. His observational films artfully and sympathetically depict the lives of subcultures and displaced peoples the world over.  His first feature, BOATMAN, captures life and death on the Ganges River in India.

FORMAT: DCP

BELOW SEA LEVEL, 2008, Dir. Gianfranco Rosi, 117 Mins, Kino Lorber, Italy

Rosi spent five years shooting BELOW SEA LEVEL, which documents the hand-to-mouth existence of California flatland squatters.

FORMAT: DCP