On May 29, 2010 the premiere performance of Before Night Falls, an opera by Jorge Martín, took place at the Fort Worth Opera.
The company booked its second main-stage world premiere, Before Night Falls by Cuban-American composer Jorge Martín, based on the memoirs of Cuban poet and writer Reinaldo Arenas.
During a five-year stint as President of Fine Line Features, a specialty films division of New Line, Mark acquired acclaimed films such as Once Were Warriors (film), Saving Grace and State and Main, as well as Oscar nominees Before Night Falls, Tumbleweeds, The Sweet Hereafter, and American Splendor.
" The novels were written from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s, and indeed, as was recounted in Arenas' autobiography Before Night Falls, were rewritten many times as manuscripts were lost, destroyed and/or confiscated by Cuban authorities.
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This period was dramatically documented by the 1980s documentary Improper Conduct, Reinaldo Arenas in his 1992 autobiography, Before Night Falls, as well as his fiction, most notably The Color of Summer and Farewell to the Sea.