Lenfest Film: Faculty Spotlight Presents ‘Joyland’
Campus Arts Event
Lenfest Film: Faculty Spotlight Presents ‘Joyland’
Enjoy this free film screening of Joyland, centering on Haider, the youngest son of the Rana family, who feels the traditional pressure to fulfill his elderly father’s wishes for him to find a job and provide a grandson.
FREE
Lenfest Center for the Arts - The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
October 24, 2025 | 7:00 pm
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Film Details

As the youngest son of the Rana family, Haider feels the traditional pressure to fulfill his elderly father’s wishes for him to find a job and provide a grandson. But when Haider starts working as a backup dancer at an erotic theater in Lahore, his new life and love threaten to tear his family apart.

Presented by Ramin Bahrani (CC '96), Professor of Professional Practice, Film.

About Lenfest Film: Faculty Spotlight

The Lenfest Film: Faculty Spotlight series invites Film Department faculty to show the films that have influenced their study, informed their teaching, and deserve to be seen on the big screen.

Location

The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 West 129th Street
New York, NY 10027

Image: Courtesy of Oscilloscope Pictures