Night Is Not Eternal

1h 32m
Documentary
6.7

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.

Cast

Rosa María Payá
Self
Nanfu Wang
Self
Ofelia Acevedo
Self
Sayli Navarro Alvarez
Self
Lía Villares
Self

Crew

Nanfu Wang
Director, Producer, Additional Editor
Michael Shade
Editor
Marina Katz
Co-Editor
Ken Pelletier
Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham
Executive Producer
Lisa Heller
Executive Producer
Sara Rodriguez
Executive Producer
Julie Parker Benello
Executive Producer
Lori Cheatle
Producer
Alejandra Vasquez
Co-Producer
Jean Tsien
Consulting Editor

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