Armageddon Time
“The end of an era. The beginning of everything.”
Drama
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.
VIBE
A tender, yet somber look back at childhood friendships and the dawning realization of societal inequalities. It feels like a hazy, bittersweet memory tinged with the anxieties of growing up in a complex world.
nostalgicmelancholicintrospectiveearnestslow-burnA24 arthousecharacter-drivenperiod piececoming-of-ageclassprejudicefamily
school friendgrandparent grandchild relationshipgrandfatherarrestronald reaganstealingptasemi autobiographical1980sschool boardjimmy carter
