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May 8, 2011
Brooklyn Film Festival, Rooftop Films Announce Premiere of Battle for Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Phoebe Neidl
Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) and Rooftop Films are proud to announce the US Premiere of Battle for Brooklyn, a controversial look at the Atlantic Yards project.
The film will open the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival on June 3 at Brooklyn Heights Cinemas at 8 p.m. The film will be also shown as a part of the Rooftop Films Summer Series on June 9 in Fort Greene Park. Prior to both Brooklyn screenings, the documentary had its world premiere at the Toronto HotDocs festival on April 30.
“We are extremely excited to be working with such strong Brooklyn institutions that have supported us for over a decade,” said Directors Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky.
“Directors Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, BFF alumni, have been working on this project since 2003 and we are proud to give voice to a Brooklyn community that has been fighting with limited resources and without much external support an enormous battle to save their own homes,” said festival director Marco Ursino. “We are also excited about the collaboration with Rooftop Films. Battle for Brooklyn is an important documentary that belongs to the community and we feel that this partnership will ensure a truly broad outreach.”
Posted by steve at May 8, 2011 1:18 AM