BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN + NEW YORK NON-FICTION + GREEN AT ROOFTOP FILMS
Some more great shows at Rooftop Films coming up this week. On Thursday, They’re presenting a free screening of the David vs. Goliath documentary Battle for Brooklyn, about Bruce Ratner’s controversial Atlantic Yard’s project. Friday is “New York Non-Fiction,” the popular annual program of short films featuringthe quirky, compelling, and captivating local characters that make New York City great. And on Saturday check out a special sneak preview of Sophia Takal’s deliciously creepy sexual thriller Green, which won her the SXSW Chicken and Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award in Austin this year.
Thursday, June 9th
ROOFTOP FILMS: BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN – Free show
(Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, David Beilinson | Brooklyn, NY | 93 min.)
A group of people in Rooftop’s beloved Brooklyn come together to fight the Atlantic Yards Project—a massive real estate development that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood—in this epic tale of how far people will go to fight for what they believe in. Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Film Festival. BFF runs from June 3rd through June 12th.
No admission for this show. More information at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/battle-for-brooklyn/
Venue:
The Myrtle Avenue Hill in Ft. Greene Park, Myrtle and N. Portland, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Enter the park at Myrtle and N. Portland and walk up the path.
Subway: G to Fulton, C to Lafayette, 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or B,M,Q, R to Dekalb
9:00PM Film Begins
Friday, June 10, 2011
ROOFTOP FILMS: NEW YORK NON-FICTION (Short Films)
It’s Your City. Take a Look. One’s a hustler. One’s a magician. Several are men of music. And one’s just a regular guy. But they have two things in common: They’re all New Yorkers, and they all have a story. One that distinguishes them. One that defines them. One that strikes a universal chord, yet is uniquely New York. These New York stories will stick with you.
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more information at:http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/new-york-nonfiction-1/
Venue:
OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP
350 Grand Street (at Essex), Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002
Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music by Greg Garing
9:00 PM Films Begin
11:30 PM After Party at Fontanas (105 Eldridge Street, btwn Grand St. and Broome St.)
The Films:
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD (Todd Bieber | NYC)
A MAN NAMED MAGICK (Joaquin Perez & Robert Hatch-Miller | Brooklyn, NY)
THE BOWLER (Sean Dunne | NYC)
LEGEND: A FILM ABOUT GREG GARING (Emily Branham | NYC)
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD, PART 2 (Todd Bieber | NYC)
WHITE LINES AND THE FEVER: THE DEATH OF DJ JUNEBUG (Travis Senger | NYC)
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD, PART 3 (Todd Bieber | NYC)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
ROOFTOP FILMS: GREEN – Sneak Preview
(Sophia Takal | Brooklyn, NY | 72 min.)
An eerily compelling sexual thriller from writer-director Sophia Takal, Green focuses on a young literary couple who encounter an alluring country bumpkin during their weekend getaway. Brooklyn-based filmmaker Sophia Takal’s promising debut focuses on the romantic tensions that develop between a young literary couple and the outgoing country bumpkin they encounter during a getaway from the city. Out in the woods, existing relationships start to fray, and the makings of a dangerous love triangle start to come together. Or do they? Takal’s auspicious debut hovers in remarkable ambiguity. Winner of the Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award at the SXSW Film Festival.
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more information at:
http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/green/
Venue:
OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP
350 Grand Street (at Essex), Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002
Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music
9:00 PM Film Begins
11:30 PM After Party at Fontanas (105 Eldridge St., btwn Grand St. and Broome St.)
Plays with:
MEN IN LOVE (Keith Davis | Brooklyn, NY | 12 min.)
Following a bitter break-up, Leo’s best friend takes him out to meet a new woman and ‘get over’ his ex. But after a steamy and unexpected encounter with a stranger he’s forced to face what most men fear: they don’t realize they’re in love until it’s too late.
