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If You Succeed: A Doc About A Fort Greene Couple in the Restaurant Business
By The Changeling | May 24, 2008
Alexa 11211 just sent me this info. on a film about a Fort Greene/Clinton Hill couple in the restaurant business. There are several screenings of the film happening in the next several days. It sounds really cool–I’d heard a lot about Liquors and Bodegas (the name of their businesses), but I never really knew the backstory. Read on for more information:
IF YOU SUCCEED, our documentary about an entrepreneurial couple trying to simultaneously start a new business and save their failing marriage in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill will be screening for the next six weeks at Brooklyn Indiehouse, located at Embora Studio, 900 Fulton Street (right next to the Clinton-Washington stop on the A/C train) in Brooklyn at the following
times:
If You Succeed (see a clip and more at www.ifyousucceed.com)
May 23 at 8pm
May 24 at 8pm
May 30 at 8pm
May 31 at 10pm
June 6 at 10pm
June 7 at 10pm
The film follows restaurateurs Christian Dennery and Dolores Lagdameo as they risk everything to expand from their original restaurant, Liquors on DeKalb Avenue, to a second bistro called Bodegas in a much bigger storefront at the corner of Clinton and Fulton. Throughout this intimate verite documentary, the main characters struggle with the question of what success really means, and what they’re willing to do to attain it.
We’re very excited to finally screen this version of the film - formally screened at San Francisco Docfest - for FG/CH audience! Come support local filmmakers and check out this film about a very local subject - the screening venue is only two blocks from the storefront where much of the film is set.
Admission is $8 - Bring your friends and neighbors!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Hmm, very interesting! I always wanted to know what happened to Bodegas. And I also wonder now how Auteur du Monde is doing.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Saw the film, it was very interesting. They are showing a collection of short films
Identity Crisis: 5 Short Films
Dear Lemon Lima 11min
Directed by Suzi Yoonessi
A lonely girl with a vivid imagination struggles to plant seeds of love after her narcissistic sweetheart breaks her heart.
The Schedule 16min
Directed by John Laing
A motivational speaker’s plans to schedule every second of his life are derailed when his wife becomes pregnant.
Prop 10min
Directed by Rob Hendriks
Prop has made some bad decisions in his life but now he’s determined to make a change, starting with his music. Prop tells the story of a rising hip-hop star forced to choose between his artistic freedom and his liberty.
Storage Unit #57 22min
Directed by Aldo Romero
A frustrated security guard sees supernatural apparitions of a woman after receiving a bizarre request from a mysterious stranger.
Parked 27min
Directed by Sonny Arthur
Five parked groups of strangers find their lives intertwined in tales of drugs, passion, ambition, and crime.
For more info visit http://www.brooklynindiehouse.com
THE BEST INDIE FILMS ARE IN BROOKLYN
Tickets are $8.00 at the door