“Filled with energy, rage, and the smallest measure of hope, Empty Metal is a new kind of political film for these extraordinary times” -Film Society Lincoln Center

An unsettling and cutting political thriller, EMPTY METAL features an apathetic punk band who are ensnared to commit a series of assassinations by an Indigenous family whose mother communicates telepathically with her meditation companions, a Rastafarian hacker, and a Buddhist whose son is a member of a secret militia. These disparate actors are united by rage, boiled in the history of the United States, and finding itself at a point of no return in our contemporary moment. Inspired by Lizzie Borden’s classic Born in Flames (1983), Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s film has been widely acclaimed since its debut in 2018. It is an essential portrait of current day American violence and politics, and posits its inevitable consequences.

Squeaky Wheel and Hallwalls is excited to screen this modern day classic, and to welcome co-director Bayley Sweitzer who will be in person for a post screening Q&A.