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The Holy Inquisition

Oct 26—28, 2025
    Part of
  • Without Limits: The Films of Arturo Ripstein
  • and
  • BAM Film 2025
Directed by Arturo Ripstein (1974)
With Jorge Luke, Diana Bracho, Claudio Brook
As a plague spreads through 16th-century Mexico, the Spanish Inquisition roots out Jews, who are believed to be its cause. Arturo Ripstein's gripping, visually ravishing drama The Holy Inquisition, co-written by the director and based on actual trial transcripts, tells a shocking story of Jewish persecution in colonial Mexico.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      127min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      Digital

      LANGUAGE

      In Spanish with English subtitles

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      Members: $8.50
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