LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUSTBOWL FANTASY   Director: Tony Buba Year: 1988 Runtime: 80 min. Country: USA Language: English Color: Color Format: 16mm

Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy is an eccentric film that chronicles the decline of Braddock, Pennsylvania, a hard-luck town which once flourished as "Pittsburgh’s shopping center." With offbeat humor and journalistic flair, director Tony Buba interviews striking steel workers and a crazy street hustler named Sal who claims to have made Buba's career. Like Errol Morris, Buba has a fascination with the idiosyncratic details of daily life, and uses his formidable sense of humor to document the decay of industrial America. Lightning Over Braddock, Buba’s magnum opus, might have its tongue in its cheek but its heart is always firmly in the right place. "A triumph. This "rustbowl fantasy" is one of the few regional movies to successfully and unsentimentally peel off the national smile button." — J. Hoberman, The Village Voice "Very funny. Buba has a lot of interesting things to say and show, and this witty and intelligent portrait of him and his community has charm to spare." — Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader "There hasn't been a better American film this year." — Richard Jameson, The Seattle Times     showtime Tuesday, May 24 at 7 pm location THE GREEN ROOM 144 West Street (across from the Comstock Hotel) admission $6 general / $4 GBFS members

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