Watch This: Richard Linklater’s 2019 Jewels in the Wasteland Q&As

To celebrate the Criterion Collection’s long-awaited home release of Bill Forsyth’s LOCAL HERO, the film that launched the 2019 Jewels in the Wasteland series, you can now watch all of Linklater’s introductions and discussions from this year’s installment, including LOCAL HERO, VAGABOND, LOST IN AMERICA, and CHAN IS MISSING.

One of AFS’s most popular programs, Jewels in the Wasteland is a series designed to spotlight some of the best overlooked films made during the 1980s. The series is programmed and hosted by AFS Founder and Creative Director Richard Linklater.

For an archive of all of our Jewels in the Wasteland recordings, visit our Youtube page.