Unhosted event: NYS Writers Institute presents "Affliction"

Free movie!

Starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe.

Watch the trailer and read reviews:

www.nyswritersinstitute.org/film-screening-affliction

Based on the novel by Russell Banks, "Affliction" is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (Willem Dafoe), were raised. When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade is forced to confront the past and reexamine his life, attempting a reconciliation with his abusive, alcoholic dad, Glen (James Coburn), by moving back home to look after him.

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the 6th Annual Albany Book Festival for a tribute to the late Russell Banks, major American novelist, who died January 7, 2023.

A dear friend of the New York State Writers Institute, Russell was a beloved member of the American literary community. The tribute will feature William Kennedy, Annie Proulx, Nell Irvin Painter, Dan Halpern, Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Andre Dubus III, Jennifer Haigh, and more.

FILM SCREENING

"Affliction"

(United States, 2005, 115 minutes, color, Rated R)

7 p.m. Friday, September 8, 2023

Page Hall

135 Western Avenue, UAlbany Downtown Campus, Albany NY 12203

Free and open to the public