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How do we sustain the human spirit hope and love in the face of a plague Set in a dingy Lower East Side apartment in the 1980s Beirut follows the story of Torch a young man who is in quarantine after testing positive to a nameless disease His girlfriend refuses to leave him isolating alone Its raunchy its real its poetic and it reminds us of the power of stories and their role in fostering hope solidarity and documentation of extraordinary times
Digital
Jan 28, 2021
Director
Paul Wontorek
Studio
MCC Theater
Original Title
Beirut
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