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July 4, 2010
First Annual Kickstarter Film Festival by Kickstarter & Rooftop Films – July 9th – super cool
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The first annual Kickstarter Film Festival will include the documentary "Battle Brooklyn," about the Atlantic Yards fight.
On Friday, July 9th, Kickstarter and Rooftop Films are hosting the first annual Kickstarter Film Festival on the roof of the OId American Can Factory in Brooklyn. The festival will feature 90 minutes of film and video from a dozen Kickstarter projects, including feature films, stop-motion animation, documentaries, art, and dance. All of them amazing.
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LOGISTICS
The American Can Factory holds roughly 700 people — 300 on the roof and 400 in the courtyard below (there are two screens). This project’s 260 tickets are for the rooftop seats (some are being reserved for the filmmakers and press). Four-hundred courtyard seats will be sold at the door on the night of the festival, weather-permitting.
TIMES
8pm Doors
8:30pm Music
9pm Films
11:30pm AfterpartyADDRESS
The Old American Can Factory
Corner of 3rd St and 3rd Ave, Brooklyn NY (Map)
Here's a short synopsis of the documentary:
Battle of Brooklyn by David Beilinson, Suki Hawley and Michael Galinksy A documentary about the Atlantic Yards fight over a Brooklyn neighborhood (about 15 blocks from the festival) between a developer, the government, and the people who live there. A 25-minute premiere.
Posted by steve at July 4, 2010 9:06 AM