THIS WEEK FROM ROOFTOP FILMS: LAST TRAIN HOME, WASTELAND
This week at Rooftop, they are continuing thier partnership with Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival. In May, Rooftop Films travelled north, co-presenting a series of rooftop screenings in Toronto. This Friday and Saturday, they team up yet again, this time bringing two incredible documentaries previously screened in Toronto to the roofs of New York. Filmmakers Lixin Fan (Last Train Home) and Lucy Walker (Waste Land) will be present for Q and A’s following the film. Details are below.
Friday, August 13th
LAST TRAIN HOME
Every New Year, 130 million people leave China’s industrial cities to return to their rural homelands–the largest human migration in the world. This overwhelming yet intimate documentary follows one family through their chaotic, desperate, agonizing journey. Presented in partnership with Hot Docs and Zeitgeist Films.
“Stunningly photographed and expertly constructed, Last Train Home features the work of a filmmaker who has immersed himself in the lives of his subjects . . . to explore the story of their fractured family. Many moments in this intimate movie are incredibly striking and ultimately symbolic of a much broader situation.”
– IndieWire
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more info at:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/39-last-train-home
Where:
On the roof of the Old American Can Factory
232 3rd St. at 3rd Ave (Gowanus/Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Take the R to Union or the F or G to Caroll St.
When:
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music by Mountain Man
9:00 Film Begins
11:00 Filmmaker Q & A
11:30 After-party in the courtyard courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner
Saturday, August 14
WASTE LAND
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has valuable pieces in museums worldwide (including El Museo del Barrio), but his most inspiring work might be made by garbage pickers who illustrate the value of every last thing, because 99 is not 100. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has valuable pieces in museums worldwide (including El Museo del Barrio), but his most inspiring work might be made by garbage pickers who illustrate the value of every last thing, because 99 is not 100. Presented in partnership with Hot Docs, Arthouse Films and Museo Del Barrio.
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more info at:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/45-waste-land
Where:
On the roof of El Museo Del Barrio
1230 5th Ave at 104th St. (East Harlem)
6 to 103rd St. or 2/3 to 110th St.
When:
8:00 Doors open
8:30 Live music
9:00 Film begins
10:30 After party on the roof courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner
