Tag Archives: Film

Brooklyn Movie Labs FREE Open House This Weekend

Posted on March 11, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

[ March 13, 2010; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. March 14, 2010; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ]

Brooklyn Movie Labs is an all-digital filmmaking institute.   There will be a FREE open house this  Saturday and Sunday at StageOne (449 Nostrand Avenue on the second floor, between Halsey and Hancock Streets) from 12-3pm.  Highlights include:
-  Hands-on sessions with camera, sound, and lighting equipment
-  Technical advice and tips from experienced professional filmmaker
-  Sign up [...]

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A Crime Is Being Committed Here

Posted on October 7, 2009 by The Changeling

I was walking along Myrtle the other day and I saw this vacant lot with crime tape wrapped along the fence. The lot, between Nostrand and Marcy, has seen its share of illegal dumping, but I started to think that maybe something worse had happened there. Was someone shot there? Did someone find a dead [...]

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Lights, Camera, Action!!!

Posted on August 31, 2009 by The Progressive Southside

A couple of snapshots from the short film production of “The Cycle.”  Day one was shot at Fulton Park, right off Stuyvesant Avenue.  On day two, the crew spent the day at Brownstone Books on Lewis Avenue.  Read more about the project at www.mundolocofilms.com.

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KIDflix Film Fest Celebrating 10 Years – Free Movies Friday Nights in August

Posted on August 6, 2009 by The Progressive Southside

[ August 7, 2009; 7:30 pm; August 14, 2009; 7:30 pm; August 21, 2009; 7:30 pm; August 28, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] The annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy kicks off Friday at Fulton Park – Stuyvesant Avenue and Fulton Street.  Movies every Friday night in August at 7:30PM.  In the event of rain, movies will be screened on Saturday nights.

Films featured will be:

Friday, August 7th:
Slingshot Hip Hop
Misunderstood

Friday, August 14th:
Bronx Princess
Manchild

Friday, August 21st:
Trouble The Water
Bitter Memories

Friday, August [...]

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NYRP Movie Night at Greene Acres Community Garden

Posted on August 2, 2009 by The Changeling

[ August 7, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

New York Restoration Project is offering free movies and popcorn in the community gardens. This Friday, August 7th at 8:00 p.m., they will be showing “Flow: For the Love of Water.” From their website:

Join NYRP for this powerful film about the fate of our nation’s fresh water supply. In this award winning documentary, Irena [...]

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Film & Talk 4 Thought at the Macon Library

Posted on July 27, 2009 by The Changeling

[ August 1, 2009; 1:00 pm; ]
This Saturday, August 1st, the Macon Library will hold a screening of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket [87 minutes - 1990].

The Price of the Ticket uses striking archival footage to evoke the atmosphere of Baldwin’s formative years – the Harlem of the 30s and his father’s fundamentalist church. Newsreel clips from the ’60′s [...]

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The Harder They Come This Saturday at the Macon Library

Posted on June 18, 2009 by The Changeling

[ June 20, 2009; 1:00 pm; ]

This Saturday, June 20th, the Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library is screening The Harder They Come [120 minutes - 1972], Perry Henzel’s all-Jamaican-made 1973 classic, one of the most beloved and
longest-running of all international cult favorites.

The film stars Jimmy Cliff as impoverished Jamaican musician Ivan Martin. Ivan wants more out of life, [...]

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Check Out Scene: Brooklyn

Posted on May 1, 2009 by The Changeling

[ May 4, 2009; 7:00 pm; May 5, 2009; 7:00 pm; May 6, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

Scene: Brooklyn celebrates the borough’s thriving film community, and features a seminar for filmmakers, a panel discussion, and screenings. Nineteen films bring fantastical animations, thought provoking short films, and eye opening documentaries about local issues to the screen. This event takes place at Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street in DUMBO.

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Film & Thought 4 Talk at Macon Library

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 4, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Film & Thought 4 Talk is a film screening and discussion series held at the Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at 1pm.

April 4 screening:

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ANNA LUCASTA with Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis Jr. (1959 [...]

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Rooftop Films is Accepting Submissions for the 2009 Summer Series

Posted on December 23, 2008 by The Changeling

Two summers ago I volunteered with Rooptop Films and I have to say it was a wonderful experience. I wasn’t able to volunteer this past summer due to other obligations, but I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in meeting creative people, seeing great films and learning how film festivals work. [...]

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