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December 6, 2011
Rooftop Films Gives Occupy Wall Street Its Own Film Series
The New York Times
by Felicia R. Lee
Not going to be in Portland this weekend? Here's an upcoming Battle for Brooklyn screening closer to home.
As a political movement, Occupy Wall Street has attracted plenty of headlines, buzz and creative energy. Now, this being New York, it has its own film series. Rooftop Films, in partnership with several movie houses throughout the city, is presenting a free series of four films from Dec. 13 to 16 featuring issues that ignited the demonstrations.
Rooftop Films is a nonprofit best known for showing movies outdoors (hence the name). In a statement released on Monday, Dan Nuxoll, the program director for Rooftop, said the series was prompted by a public outpouring over the events surrounding Occupy Wall Street.
...On Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. the screening will be “Battle for Brooklyn” at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture in Park Slope. The directors Michael Galinksy and Suki Hawley will be available for a Q. and A. session about their 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary film about families and businesses uprooted in Brooklyn by the construction at Atlantic Yards of the Barclays Center, the new home for the New Jersey Nets (as they morph into the Brooklyn Nets).
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Indiewire, Rooftops Films Brings "Films for the Occupation" to NYC
Indiewire has the full press release.
Rooftop Films will present "Films for the Occupation," a series of four film programs set to run December 13-16 in New York.
Films to be screened include Emily James' "Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws," Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley's "Battle for Brooklyn," David Singleton's "The Flaw" and various short films.
Posted by eric at December 6, 2011 12:29 PM