Funeral Parade of Roses / Land of Silence and Darkness

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., May 9, 2026, 2 – 5:10 p.m.



Matsumoto Toshio' queer New Wave masterpiece, FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES captures the intoxicating nihilism of 1960s counterculture by treating nothing as sacred, mixing styles, genres and tones. “I am a wound and a sword, a victim and an executioner,” declares Eddie, a mesmerizing transgender woman whose presence both anchors and complicates a world where characters and actors slip between roles that bleed into one another.

LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS, Herzog’s first feature and one of his purest, most self-defining works revolves loosely around Fini Straubinger, a woman who lost sight and hearing as a teenager and spent decades confined to bed before becoming an advocate for deaf-blind people.

Gazette Classification: Diversity and Inclusion, Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
Ticket Web Link: harvardfilmarchive.org…
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
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