Film screening and discussion with Director Luis Gispert and Film Editor/Producer Ryan Murphy: CAJITA
Saturday, March 29, 2025
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Campus Center West Auditorium
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Director: Luis Gispert, USA | 2024 | 83 min
Film screening and discussion with director Luis Gispert and film editor/producer Ryan Murphy. Moderated by Alejandra Bronfman, Professor, Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o Studies.
This event is part of the New York State Writers Institute’s Albany Film Festival 2025 and is cosponsored by the University Art Museum. For a complete listing of events visit: https://www.albanyfilmfestival.org/.
The University Art Museum will be open Saturday, March 29, 11am to 4pm.
Inspired by a true story, this intimate tale follows a Cuban refugee with a murky past who now lives off the grid performing odd jobs for an upper-class family. After an unforeseen event forces him into a chancy situation, his best friend lays out a risky plan to help free him from his dangerous dilemma.
Luis Gispert is the director of CAJITA (2024) and an internationally recognized American visual artist living and working in New York. His work has been exhibited at institutions all over the world including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami; the Royal Academy, London, UK; MoCA Shanghai, China; Palazzo Brocherasio, Turin, Italy; and the Haifa Museum, Israel. Born in New Jersey to Cuban immigrant parents he was raised between New York City and Miami. He attended Miami Dade College, studied film at the Art Institute of Chicago, and earned an MFA in sculpture from Yale University.
Ryan Murphy is the film editor and producer of CAJITA (2024), winner of Best U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2024 New York Latino Film Festival. As editor, he has collaborated with many leading directors, including Errol Morris, Michael Moore, Greg Mottola, Jason Reitman, Ben Stiller, Roger Waters, Tom McCarthy, and Ethan Coen. His work is featured in many notable films including STILLWATER (2021), SYRIANA (2015), THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (2013), and ADVENTURELAND (2009). He also served as the press kit photographer in promotion of the Beastie Boys’ 1998 Grammy award-winning album Hello Nasty.
Image credit: Still from CAJITA, dir. Luis Gispert, 2024, 83min.