Night Is Not Eternal

Directed by Nanfu Wang (王男栿)

2024•92 min
Topic
Justice
Featured in
A Life’s Work

Synopsis

Freedom is worth the fight.

For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows Rosa María Payá, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Payá, in Rosa's fight for democratic change in Cuba. Rosa's narrative is interwoven with Wang's poignant reflections on her Chinese upbringing and her observations of eroding democratic norms in the U.S., revealing unsettling similarities to the authoritarian system she left behind.

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Selected Awards

Winner

Peabody Award

(2025)

Main Cast

RPRosa María PayáSelf
Nanfu WangNanfu WangSelf
OAOfelia AcevedoSelf
SASayli Navarro AlvarezSelf
LVLía VillaresSelf

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