Night Is Not Eternal

For seven years, acclaimed Chinese-American director Nanfu Wang documents the journey of Rosa María Payá, the daughter of Oswaldo Payá, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, as she battles for democracy in Cuba. Wang’s film intertwines Rosa’s story with her own insightful reflections on her Chinese background and her observations of the declining democratic principles in the United States, highlighting disturbing parallels to the authoritarian regime she escaped.