“…reports of a new virus causing some concern in the Kotto River region of Central Africa. For more, we turn to our Nairobi Correspondent Kevin Samalina…”
– “All Things Considered”: National Public Radio, March 21

“ Boy, there were some scared folks in the Mayor’s office this week. They found a roomful of comatose people just staring glassy-eyed, openmouthed, no expressions at all, right here in Manhattan, and they thought that, you know, this is it! The Plague has broken out in New York! Turned out to be a false alarm, it was just a City Council meeting.”
– David Letterman, April 30

Dow Plunges in Record Selloff – Leaked Government Plague Projections Give Market “Kotto Fever.”
– New York Times, June 16

Twelve years after the Kotto plague reduces the population of the greater San Francisco Bay Area to 186: local filmmakers Calum Grant and Joshua Atesh Litle interview as many survivors as possible, document the empty City streets, and undertake an extremely hazardous journey across the Golden Gate Bridge to the savage hinterlands of Marin County.

Variety magazine declares that “Ever Since the World Ended continually tickles the mind while leaving a heavy lump in the chest,” while the Hollywood Reporter calls it a “superbly executed, surprisingly ambitious film.” This is speculative fiction of the highest order.

Awarded: Best Film: 2002 London Science Fiction Festival; Audience Award - Best Film: 2002 San Francisco Independent Film Festival.

8th Street Cinemas B, Friday, March 7th, 4:45 PM
8th Street Cinemas B, Saturday, March 8th, 7:15 PM