Washington Psychotronic Film Society: The Brother from Another Planet

An extraterrestrial undocumented immigrant/illegal alien/fugitive slave on the run from ICE/men-in-black/slave catchers
About this Event

November 16, Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents illegal alien THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), trailer:

WPFS phones home

• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos

• 7pm: THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984, USA, 108m)

Written and directed by

JOHN SAYLES (Lone Star, Eight Men Out, Matewan, The Secret of Roan Inish)

After crash-landing in Harlem, a mute extraterrestrial with a dark complexion and miraculous healing hands meets the locals, gets a job fixing shit, and finds life on Earth isn’t all that fair. All the while evading a pair of melanistically-challenged intergalactic bounty hunters. Part sci-fi comedy, part social satire, think E.T. with street smarts and considerably less Spielbergian sentimentality.

poster: https://i.imgur.com/EQZ1SU1.jpg

large poster: https://i.imgur.com/QwUdFk6.jpg

No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).

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