Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
How do we sustain the human spirit, hope and love in the face of a plague?Set in a dingy Lower East Side apartment in the 1980s, Beirut follows the story of Torch, a young man who is in quarantine after testing positive to a nameless disease.
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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How do we sustain the human spirit, hope and love in the face of a plague? Set in a dingy Lower East Side apartment in the 1980s, Beirut follows the story of Torch, a young man who is in quarantine after testing positive to a nameless disease. His girlfriend, refuses to leave him isolating alone. It’s raunchy, it’s real, it’s poetic; and it reminds us of the power of stories, and their role in fostering hope, solidarity and documentation of extraordinary times.
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Box Office & Release
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- Release date
- Apr 28, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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