Marco: The Invented Truth Movie Screening

Name: Marco: The Invented Truth Movie Screening
Start: 2025-08-28T18:00:00-05:00
Location: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Schedule

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, KS

UMKC School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the World Languages and Cultures Department, the History Club at UMKC, The Midwestern Center for Holocaust Education and the Sister Cities Association of Kansas City present the FREE screening of this film, Marco:
The real-life account of Enric Marco, an immensely charismatic man who served as the longstanding self-elected speaker of the Spanish Association for Holocaust Victims. When a journalist delves into Enric’s past, it becomes increasingly clear that he has been fabricating his identity. He claims to have been one of 9000 Spaniards interned in a Nazi concentration camp—a claim which turns out to be a lie. Filmmakers Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño present a film that is fearless in exploring how truth is deployed in both life and cinema. Join us at the Nelson Atkins Museum auditorium for the film and to hear remarks following the screening from Benito Bermejo, the Spanish historian whose work exposed Marco’s lies.