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Rooftop Films brings independent film to Brooklyn. This season they have a new venue in Fort Greene (the rooftop of Brooklyn Technical High School!). At this venue they will be co-presenting several screenings with BAM.
All screenings throughout the summer will follow this schedule:
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records
9:00PM: Film(s)
Check out their schedule for the coming weeks:
Saturday, May 23
Dangerous Docs
Train surfers, beard competitions, and rare chicken rescues. You can’t make this stuff up.
Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)
Saturday, May 30
Strongman
(Zachary Levy | New York, NY | | 113 min.)
A humorous but heart-wrenching verité documentary about Stanless Steel, the only man in the world who can bend a penny with his fingers, a working class strongman struggling to succeed and survive.
Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)
www.strongmanfilm.com
Stanless will be in attendance to perform a stunning feat of strength.
Saturday, June 6
Stingray Sam
(Cory McAbee | Brooklyn, NY | | 70 min.)
New York Premiere!
A dazzling six-episode musical-western comedy that takes place in outer space, written, directed by and starring Cory McAbee, the creator of The American Astronaut.
Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)
www.stingraysam.com
The filmmakers will be in attendance.
Wednesday, June 10
PANORAMA: Tales of Mere Existence
Funny films about anxiety, awkwardness and existential emotions, featuring the animations of internet sensation Lev. Plus a live reading from Lev’s new book.
Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)
Filmmaker will be in attendance.
Thursday, June 11
PANORAMA: Rooftop Films & The Fledgling Fund present . . .
A sneak preview of a New York documentary. Details announced soon.
Venue: On the lawn of Automotive High School
Address: 50 Bedford Ave. @ North 13th St. (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Saturday, June 13
PANORAMA: Persona Non Grata
US Premiere!
(Fabio Wuytack | Belgium & Venezuela | 90 min.)
Prosecuted as a rebel. Banned as a priest. Committed as an artist. Loved as a father. An inspiring and important documentary co-funded by Rooftop Films.
Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 3RD St. @ 3rd Ave. (Gowanus/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Filmmaker will be in attendance.
Thursday, June 25
Rooftop, BAM Cinemafest & Arthouse Films present
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
(Sarah and Emily Kunstler | Brooklyn, NY | 85 min.)
He might have been the most hated and most beloved lawyer in the world, but did anyone really know William Kunstler?
Venue: Outdoors across from BAM Cinematek
Address: Parking lot across from BAM @ Fulton and Ashland (Ft. Greene, Brooklyn)
Filmmakers will be in attendance.
Saturday, June 27
Voices from El-Sayed
(Oded Adomi Leshem | Israel | 75 min.)
New York Premiere!
In this charming and intelligent documentary, the world’s largest community of deaf people is suddenly given a gift that threatens to disrupt local heritage.
Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 3RD St. @ 3rd Ave. (Gowanus/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Filmmaker will be in attendance.
Rooftop Films’ full schedule for 2009 can be found here.
Rooftop Films believes that independent film has great potential to effect social change not only through its content but also through the means by which it is presented to the public. We seek to expose issues and viewpoints that are underrepresented in mainstream media. By showcasing these films in exceptional locations for expansive, diverse audiences, Rooftop Films is providing opportunities for people to re-examine their relationships to issues, communities, and urban spaces through independent film. All of our screenings include pre-show music by some of the best emerging bands, and we almost always have after parties with free beer and wine.
Interested how the STUDENTS rarely, if ever, get to use the rooftop space.
They should make everyone take the stairs, like we had to.
I volunteered at Rooftop Films two summers ago and I generally worked the shows in Williamsburg and the Lower East Side. The Williamsburg shows weren’t on the roof, but the LES shows were and yes, we had to take the stairs. My guess is that stair-climbing will be mandatory for the Brooklyn Tech shows too.