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365 Days of Marching: The Amadou Diallo Story

jenniferwager — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:52:17 -0500

Start: Feb 4 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 4 2008 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

THE AMADOU DIALLO STORY

The streets of New York City have certainly witnessed its share of acts of civil disobedience, violence and rebellion. Dating back as far as the Draft Riots of 1863, very often, the disenfranchised would take to the streets when opposing the government’s unfair policies and practices. Seven years ago when an unarmed African immigrant by the name of Amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times (hit 19 times) by 4 New York City Police Officers, the people took to the streets charging the NYPD with police brutality. Over the next two years that followed, a series of marches and protests was set into motion that would forever change the lives of New Yorkers.

MNN Guerrilla Filmmaking Series presents.....Meeting Resistance

ivettzasanchez — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:28:19 -0400

Start: Oct 17 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Join us for an exclusive pre-screening and Q&A with the filmmakers of Meeting Resistance, the groundbreaking film on the Iraqi resistance movement to the US occupation.

DCTV Studios
Wed, October 17th
6:30pm
87 Lafayette St.
Trains: 6/N/R/A/C to Canal street
FREE

please RSVP to cmevents@mnn.org or by calling 212-757-2670 x352

Screening: Machssomim

dianakuan — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:49:49 -0400

Start: Jul 5 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Screening: "Machssomim" (80 Minutes, 2003)
Come watch and discuss "Machssomim" (or "Checkpoint"), Yoav Shamir's documentary about everyday lives of Palestinian citizens and young soldiers at Israeli checkpoints. This screening is part of "Guns and Olive Branches: An Israel-Palestine Film Festival" presented by Peace Action New York. Please visit http://www.panys.org/ for more information.

Suggested donation: $5-$10

Location: Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington :: 212.777.6028

Screening: Flying

dianakuan — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:46:18 -0400

Start: Jul 1 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Screening: "Flying" (120 Minutes, 2007)
In "Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman," filmmaker Jennifer Fox lays bare her turbulent life, travels to 17 countries to understand the diversity of women's experiences, and considers the issues facing women universally . Part delectable soap opera, part sociopolitical inquiry, the film is broken into 6 hour long episodes. Come out, watch episodes 3 and 4 and have a discussion with Jennifer Fox. Please visit http://flyingconfessions.com/ for complete details.

Suggested donation: $5-$10

Location: Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington :: 212.777.6028

Eye Am Filmmakers at Rooftop Films

dianakuan — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:24:10 -0400

Start: Jun 29 2007 - 8:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Announcing:
Vanessa Woods' The Touch & Elizabeth Henry's Through These Trackless
Waters screens at Rooftop Films ~
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/show_07-trapped.html

Trapped Inside the Machine
Self-fulfilling prophecies and inescapable stories. Beautiful, funny
and weird short films about falling toward your fate.

FRI., JUNE 29, 2007
8:30 - Live Music by A Three Ring Circus
9:00 - Movies Begin
11-1AM -After Party: Open Bar at Bar Matchless
(557 Manhattan Avenue @ Driggs)

The Touch
A meditation on Anne Sexton’s poem of the same name. The film
examines melodies within spoken, written and visual language and how

Screening: Bye Bye, Africa

dianakuan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:57:34 -0400

Start: Jun 22 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Bye Bye, Africa (Bye Bye, Africa). 1998. Chad. Screenplay by Mahamat Saleh Haroun. Haroun plays himself in this autobiographical drama in which a film director, born in Chad but now living and working in France, receives a phone call late one night with the news that his mother has died. The director goes home for the first time in a decade to discover that he barely recognizes the impoverished land of his birth. His father has little understanding of or respect for his work, so the director decides to make a film in Chad. However, it's all but impossible to secure financing. The director presses on, auditioning local actors and reuniting with his former girlfriend (Aicha Yelena). In Chadian Arabic, French; English subtitles.

Screening: In Sickness and in Health

dianakuan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:33:33 -0400

Start: Sep 4 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH chronicles the lives of three same-sex couples fighting to marry the partners they love—and tragically, one couple's heart breaks as its dream dies at the cruel hands of ALS.

In 2002, seven couples in the state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH closely chronicles the journey of three of these activist couples.

The most poignant characters in the story are Marilyn and Diane, partners of 14 years, who were dedicated to fighting for the marriage right they desperately desired. Before their dream could be realized, Marilyn was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Screening: Afghan Women: A History of Struggle

dianakuan — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:33:26 -0400

Start: Sep 13 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Dir. Kathleen Foster | 69 minutes. | 2003

Discussion with Filmmaker Kathleen Foster

Screening: Promises

dianakuan — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:52:06 -0400

Start: Jul 19 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

106 min | Dirs. Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado | 2000 | Arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles

Promises follows the journey of one of the filmmakers, Israeli-American B.Z. Goldberg. B.Z. travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and to the more familiar neighborhoods of Jerusalem where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children.
Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds; the physical, historical and emotional obstacles between them run deep. Promises explores the nature of these boundaries and tells the story of a few children who crossed the lines to meet their neighbors.

MNN’s Digital Garden Summer Series Begins June 21!

jenniferwager — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:09:07 -0400

Start: Jun 13 2007 - 4:04pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

MNN kicks off our Digital Garden Summer Series with a reception and screening featuring MNN's arts related programming at LPV community garden, June 21st at 8pm.

346 East Houston Street (between Avenue B & C)
F/V train to 2nd ave. J/M to Delancey
All Events Rain or Shine

Break free from the concrete jungle! Experience grassroots media in New York’s greenest spaces with a whole season of free screenings and workshops!

This summer you're what's on MNN!

Screening: AfroReggae

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:27:14 -0400

Start: Jul 20 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

AfroReggae. Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra (No Reason Explains the War). 2006. Brazil. Directed by Carlos Diegues, Rafael Dragaud. In both concept and practice, AfroReggae is a manifestation of survival amidst the gang wars plaguing vast areas of Rio de Janeiro. Diegues and Dragaud spent weeks interviewing members of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, as well as residents of various poor communities, to tell the historical, social, and human story of active opposition to gang culture through music and lyrics by those who have literally "lived to tell the tale." Portuguese; English subtitles. 82 min.

Tickets: $10

Location: MOMA, 11 West 53 Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, New York

Screening: Antonia

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:23:52 -0400

Start: Jun 21 2007 - 2:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Antônia. 2006. Brazil. Directed by Tata Amaral. With Negra Li, Cindy, Leilah Moreno, Quelynah. In Vila Brasilandia, on the outskirts of São Paulo, four black girls—friends since childhood—struggle to fulfill their dream of living off of their music. After much opposition, their group, Antônia, seems on the verge of success, when their hopes are dashed again by the horrid daily grind of poverty, violence, and chauvinism. With great music, charisma to burn, and an easy rapport between the four actresses, this story about struggle and resilience blends believably into the real environment of the favelas (shanty towns) and the accompanying dreams of a better life. Portuguese; English subtitles. 90 min.

Screening: Antonia

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:17 -0400

Start: Jul 12 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Burst

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:25:09 -0400

Start: Aug 8 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Reception & cash bar: 6pm

Screening: FREE

Screening: The House We Live In

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:22:49 -0400

Start: Jul 11 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Reception & cash bar: 6pm

Screening: FREE

The House We Live In (the third episode of Race: The Power of an Illusion) focuses on the ways U.S. institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of others. We see how benefits quietly and often invisibly accrue to white Americans because of the racialized nature of our laws, courts, customs, and perhaps most pertinently, housing. (57 min.)

www.pbs.org

Followed by a discussion with community groups and activists.

Struggles for the Land: Forum on Political Prisoners

dianakuan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:16:32 -0400

Start: Jun 15 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Un Granito de Arena (A Grain of Sand)

Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz-Vieques Land Struggle Activist Report from Chiapas Invited speakers on the Oaxaca struggle For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance.

Granito de Arena is the story of that resistance, the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression and incarceration in their 25-year struggle for social and economic justice in Mexico’s public schools.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15

No one turned away

Location: Brecht Forum: 451 West St. (between Bank & Bethune), Manhattan

Rooftop Films Presents "New York Nonfiction"

dianakuan — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:11:52 -0400

Start: Jun 15 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FILM: ROOFTOP FILMS PRESENTS “New York Nonfiction.” Short films about New York’s unique communities.

Dusk $5 on web/$8 in person

rooftopfilms.com • 718-417-7362

Location: On the roof of the Open Road Rooftop Project, 350 Grand St., Lower East Side

Boreal Forest Film Night

dianakuan — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:07:51 -0400

Start: Jun 7 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Films and a slide presentation on struggles to defend the boreal forests using corporate pressure campaigns and direct action.

Sponsored by Wetlands Activism Collective and Times Up! Environmental Collective.

FREE

Location: Times Up! Space, 49 E Houston St. 347-293-2217

Screening: Thank You for Smoking

dianakuan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:24:37 -0400

Start: Jul 6 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Thank You for Smoking. 2006. USA. Written and directed by Jason Reitman. Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley. With Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Adam Brody, Katie Holmes. A recent acquisition, Reitman's first feature-length film is a peppy social satire about the culture of "spin," featuring a persuasive lobbyist for tobacco interests; his merchant-of-death lunch buddies, who represent the alcohol and firearms industries; and a personal situation that careens out of control. 92 min.

Tickets: $10

Location: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.

Screening: Thank You for Smoking

dianakuan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:22:08 -0400

Start: Jul 1 2007 - 4:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Tickets: $10

Location: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.

Screening: Letter from New York & Kalala

dianakuan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:15:04 -0400

Start: Jun 24 2007 - 2:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Letter from New York. 2001. A video letter suspended between Africa and New York, this fictitious diary centers on Taja, a young Chadian newly arrived in New York. In French; English subtitles. 14 min.
Kalala. 2005. Chad. Chad. Haroun made this documentary about his dear friend, the actor Kalala Hissein Djibrine, who, unknown to all, was ill. Djibrine died of AIDS in 2003. In this film—not a classic documentary and yet not quite fiction—the filmmaker finds different ways of describing his friend. In Chadian Arabic, French; English subtitles. 52 min.

Tickets: $10

Location: Museum of Modern Art, 11 West Fifty-third Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.

Screening: Flying - Confessions of a Free Woman

dianakuan — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:23:14 -0400

Start: Jun 26 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

This is a Two Boots Pioneer Theater Tuesdays@7 program. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza reception for ticket holders.

Screening: Towncraft

dianakuan — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:10:16 -0400

Start: Jun 16 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

TOWNCRAFT is a feature documentary on the highly successful, continuing independent music scene in Little Rock, AR. Distributed by Matson Films, Towncraft investigates the exciting music that emerges from smaller cities and the importance of these local scenes, as well as their relationship to the larger changing music world.

Screening: Blip.TV

dianakuan — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:54:44 -0400

Start: Jun 10 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Viral video is so over! The future is at blip.tv, where an army of new talents are creating original, independent episodic content. Join them for a one-hour showcase of the best and most unique video content available online--from producers ranging from animators to journalists to artists. Creators will be on-hand to talk about their work.

Join the gurus behind Blip.TV for a night of short films presented through their pioneering online video forum. Blip.TV is a start-up in New York City that grew out of the videoblogging community.

Tickets: $6.50-$10 Get tickets

Location: Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3rd St., NYC

Screening: Tsotsi

dianakuan — Wed, 30 May 2007 11:40:47 -0400

Start: Jun 1 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

You and your family are invited to celebrate South Africa with a FREE* screening of the Academy Award winning film, TSOTSI by Gavin Hood (see TSOTSI below for info on the film) at FAMILY FIRST FRIDAY

Location: St. Mark's United Methodist Church located at 137th & Edgecombe Ave., NYC

Suggested donation $5

Screening: The Ground Truth

dianakuan — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:27:46 -0400

Start: Jun 8 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Come experience Patricia Foulkrod's documentary about patriotic young Americans as they experience the terrible war in Iraq, depicted in the film. Their war is a prelude for the even more challenging battles they fight upon returning home – with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth.

Eye Am Screening at Two Boots

dianakuan — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:02 -0400

Start: Jun 5 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Join us on Tuesday, June 5th 7pm @ The Two Boots Pioneer Theater 155 E. 3rd St., Manhattan

(free pizza & beer reception to follow)

www.twoboots.com/pioneer for tickets! (advance tickets recommended)

Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens presents...

MNN / Third World Newsreel Screening

dianakuan — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:23:36 -0400

Start: May 23 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

New York City is one of the most influential centers of alternative media in the United States and the home of numerous community media organizations. For the past four decades, Third World Newsreel (TWN), Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) and Paper Tiger TV (PTTV) have provided New Yorkers with a unique space to voice alternative views on social and political issues, producing documentaries about a variety of topics, including anti-war demonstrations in the 1960s, the role of local media in international affairs and the need to save public access cable.

Youth Channel Spring Wrap-Up Screening

dianakuan — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:26:56 -0400

Start: Jun 6 2007 - 6:00pm

End: Jun 6 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Free Screening: Commune

dianakuan — Tue, 22 May 2007 12:39:09 -0400

Start: Jun 1 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

A documentary about a group of young artists and activists that go to the woods of California to create a new, tribal world with one
credo: Free Land for Free People.

FREE

Location: Park Slope Food Coop, 782 Union St., Bkyn

•718-622-0560 • foodcoop.com

MNN Presents... Justice Will Be Served @ Anthology Film Archives

jenniferwager — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:18:27 -0400

Start: May 16 2007 - 6:00pm

End: May 16 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

May 16th at 6pm, join us for MNN Presents....Justice Will Be Served, an evening of short films exposing the underbelly of New York's restaurant boom. Find out how food service workers are being mistreated – and fighting back.

The screening (30 minutes) will be followed by a Q&A (30 minutes) with the filmmakers and food service workers currently mobilizing for better working conditions.

Anthology Archives is located at 32 Second Avenue, at Second Street. Take the F/V to 2nd Avenue.

Please RSVP to promo@MNN.org

Island Premiere of "I Heart MNN"

dianakuan — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:21:36 -0400

Start: May 8 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Get on the ferry! We're going to the island!

"I Heart MNN" is premiering on Tue, May 8 at 8pm in Staten Island. Come see a screening of your favorite wacky, wild, irreverent, and inspirational stars of public access television from NYC. Beer, pretzels, and public access television...what could be finer?

Please RSVP ASAP to promo@mnn.org

Location: Karl's Klipper at 40 Bay St, Staten Island. One block from the SI Ferry. You can take the 1, , N, R train to South Ferry (Staten Island Ferry stop)

MNN Screening: Justice Will Be Served

dianakuan — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:44:15 -0400

Start: May 16 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

MNN presents…Justice Will Be Served, a special screening at Anthology Archives, at 6pm.

A collection of film shorts by NMASS and Chinese Staff and Workers Association, exposing the underbelly of New York's restaurant boom. Find out how food service workers are being mistreated – and fighting back. The screening (30 minutes) will be followed by a brief Q&A (30 minutes) with food service workers currently mobilizing for better working conditions.

Location: Anthology Archives is located at 32 Second Avenue (at Second Street).

War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

dianakuan — Tue, 01 May 2007 11:14:32 -0400

Start: May 14 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FILM: “WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS AND PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO DEATH.” Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
hosts the world premiere screening. Q&A with director Loretta Alper (Media Education Foundation) and Norman Solomon. Reception at 7pm.

Tickets: $10, 1-800-838-3006
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/
event/143971 • warmadeeasy.com

Location: Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave @ 2nd St.

Opening Reception: Why I Ride: The Art of Bicycling in New York

dianakuan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:58:57 -0400

Start: May 3 2007 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Celebrate bicyclists and bike culture at this opening reception for the "Why I Ride" exhibition at the Lower Eastside Girls Club, Trackstar, NYC Velo, and Bicycle Habitat. “Why I Ride” is an independently organized multi-venue exhibition that will showcase New York artists working in photography, painting, drawing, and sculpture or installation, who are inspired by the freedom and mobility that the bicycle makes possible in a congested metropolis. These artists view interactions with neighbors and strangers — both friendly and otherwise — as preferable to the isolation that grows out of our sprawling, auto-dependent environment.

Screenings: The Warriors and Still We Ride

dianakuan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:06:55 -0400

Start: May 10 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Free screening of 2 NYC bicycle films:

Warriors: The Bike Race (Christopher Ryan, Jesse Epstein, Mike Green / New York, NY / 24:00)
In August of 2002, over 800 bicycle riders descended upon New York City in the form of 89 gangs. Their goal: to live out the epic gang warfare movie known as The Warriors. During the all-night race from the Bronx to Coney Island, riders got lost, blood was shed, police were outwitted, and countless brain cells were destroyed. Most of what took place that night was thankfully never to be discussed again until...Warriors: The Bike Race.

Movie Night: BYO Bike Month Shorts

dianakuan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:28:06 -0400

Start: May 31 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Bring your own videos (under 10 minutes) from Bike Month to show.

FREE. Donations welcome.

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St. (between Mulberry and Mott), NY

Screening: Two Seconds

dianakuan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:24:03 -0400

Start: May 24 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Free screening of this French-Canadian film about a woman who loves her bike (donations welcome).

FREE

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St. (between Mulberry and Mott), NY

Border Crossers: A Day of Social Action

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:17:57 -0400

Start: May 19 2007 - 2:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

We will present and screen a documentary made by a group of of 4th and 5th grade students in collaboration with Manhattan Neighborhood Network on themes of borders and inequity

Suggested donation: $6/$8/$10. No one turned away

Location: Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

Land, Rain and Fire: Report from Oaxaca

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:33:52 -0400

Start: May 10 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FILM & DISCUSSION

Land, Rain and Fire: Report from Oaxaca + El Golpe -- The Assault

Discussion with Filmmakers Tami Gold & Gerardo Renique

Screening: Environmental Shorts

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:05:02 -0400

Start: Apr 24 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Three moving stories of people and their relationships with the environment, from nature in all its splendor to man made toxic communities : Academy Award nominee RECYCLED LIFE by Leslie Iwerks, Susan Cohn's DIRT: KEEPING OUR WILD PLACES WILD and the award winning TEXAS GOLD by Carolyn Scott.

Screening: Eve and the Fire Horse

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:51:02 -0400

Start: May 19 2007 - 2:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Eve and the Fire Horse. 2005. Canada. Written and directed by Julia Kwan. With Vivian Wu, Phoebe Jojo Kut, Hollie Lo.

The bewildering experiences of childhood take on a mystical and enchanting veneer in nine-year-old Eve, who was born in the year of the Fire Horse. Growing up in the suburbs of 1970s Vancouver, Eve and her sister, the children of immigrants, turn to religion and magic as they try to improve their family's situation. Kwan captures the girls' emotional journeys with vivid imagination and refreshing honesty. Cantonese, English; English subtitles. 92 min.

Tickets: $10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students

Screening: Eve and the Fire Horse

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:48:51 -0400

Start: May 18 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Eve and the Fire Horse. 2005. Canada. Written and directed by Julia Kwan. With Vivian Wu, Phoebe Jojo Kut, Hollie Lo.

Tickets: $10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students

Screening: Warrendale

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:43:19 -0400

Start: May 13 2007 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Warrendale. 1966. Canada. Directed by Allan King.

Warrendale was one of the earliest facilities in which emotionally disturbed children were treated in a familial setting. Outbursts of feeling were encouraged. This nonjudgmental, narration-free "actuality-drama" about this once experimental mode of helping young people in psychological turmoil was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, whose executives refused to air it at the time. Warrendale opened to great critical acclaim in New York theaters, and Penelope Gilliatt wrote in The New Yorker, "It is a wonderful movie, extending a charity to aberration and distress like no other of its sort I have ever seen." 100 min.

Screenings: War, Its Aftermath, and Repression

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:40:00 -0400

Start: May 12 2007 - 2:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

An evening of shorts on the aftermath of war.

Screening: Warrendale

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:34:47 -0400

Start: May 9 2007 - 6:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Warrendale. 1966. Canada. Directed by Allan King.

Screening: A Prairie Home Companion

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:16:12 -0400

Start: May 2 2007 - 8:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

A Prairie Home Companion. 2006. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Garrison Keillor. With Keillor, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen. Based on the public-radio variety show created and hosted by Keillor, Altman's last film is a fictional recounting of the radio program's last day on the air, when death literally comes calling in the form of Madsen. Complete with chaotic backstage scenes, classic radio gags and skits, and folk music duets, the film takes an intimate look inside the dying art of live radio variety shows. 105 min.

Tickets: $10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students

Location: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), 11 West 53 Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues

Screening: A Cry in the Dark

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:11:35 -0400

Start: Apr 28 2007 - 4:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

A Cry in the Dark. 2006. India. Directed by Haobam Paban Kumar.

Sustainable Flatbush presents Streetfilms

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:08:50 -0400

Start: Apr 27 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

As a preview to Bike Month NYC and its dazzling array of bicycle-oriented events, Sustainable Flatbush presents Streetfilms: a selection of short films celebrating alternative transportation (that means all forms OTHER than the automobile) and pedestrian-oriented public spaces. Through interviews with Enrique Peñalosa (former mayor of Bogota, Colombia), Jan Gehl (urban planner from Copenhagen, Denmark), and citizens of Portland, Oregon, we will learn how those cities have improved their quality of life by planning for people instead of for cars. Streetfilms creator and Livable Streets activist Clarence Eckerson will join us to discuss his work.

Location: Vox Pop, 1022 Cortelyou Rd, Flatblush, Brooklyn

Screening: Parzania

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:04:58 -0400

Start: Apr 22 2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Parzania. 2005. India. Directed by Rahul Dholakia. Screenplay by David N. Donihue, Dholakia. With Naseerudin Shah, Sarika, Corin Nemec, Parzun Dastar.

Screening: Breaking Away

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:12:47 -0400

Start: May 3 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Free screening of this bike-themed movie (donations welcome).

FREE

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St. (between Mulberry and Mott), NY

Screening: Rising Tide Road Show

dianakuan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:11:09 -0400

Start: Apr 26 2007 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Rising Tide Road Show: Confronting the Root Causes of Climate Change

This spring, Rising Tide will bring the global struggle for climate justice to the belly of the beast, connecting the dots between the overarching crisis of climate change and the grassroots struggles of communities resisting the fossil fuel industry's assault on their land and culture.

FREE

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St. (between Mulberry and Mott), NY

Free Screening: Brooklyn Matters

dianakuan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:46:45 -0400

Start: Apr 27 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Learn about proposed Atlantic Yards project & meet filmmakers and local activists.

brooklynmatters.com

Location: Judson Memorial Church, 55 Wash Sq South

NY Premiere: ¡Salud!

dianakuan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:29:29 -0400

Start: Apr 14 2007 - 3:00pm

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Please join us for the New York Premiere of the acclaimed documentary ¡Salud!

Harvard Film Group Presents Checkers and Pluck

dianakuan — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:04:35 -0400

Start: Apr 11 2007 - 8:00pm

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CHECKERS
Directed by Bob Hummer

Screening: Blog Wars

dianakuan — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:00:18 -0400

Start: Apr 11 2007 - 7:00pm

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The acclaimed film of how the online world met real-world politics during the 2006 Lieberman-Lamont race for the US Senate in Connecticut.

FREE

Location: The Tank, 279 Church Street between Franklin and White

To get to The Tank by subway take:

Screening: "Precarity"

dianakuan — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:51:43 -0400

Start: Apr 16 2007 - 7:00pm

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This is Forever: From Inquiry to Refusal Series
Screening: "Precarity"

Screening: Deserter

dianakuan — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:09:24 -0400

Start: Apr 19 2007 - 7:00pm

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(25 minutes, 2007)

Please join folks from Big Noise Films in a screening and discussion of "Deserter," a short film which documents the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson - a deserting soldier and his young wife - as they flee to Canada to escape from military duty in the Iraq war.

Free Screening and Discussion: Engendering Colonialism

dianakuan — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:39:25 -0400

Start: Mar 25 2007 - 3:00pm

End: Mar 25 2007 - 5:00pm

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Free screening and discussion of "Engendering Colonialism: The Effect of 100 Years of U.S. Colonialism on Women in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and The Philippines," looking at 100 years of U.S. colonialism and its impact on the women of Hawai'i, Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico - and their resistance to it.

The Journal of Short Film: NYC Series

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:16:11 -0400

Start: Apr 8 2007 - 7:00pm

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The Reeler Presents: films from The Journal of Short Film made by New Yorkers. Nine films—including narrative, documentary, and experimental work—demonstrate the depth and breadth of NYC filmmaking.

Interviews with filmmakers to follow.

Screening: Monday Morning Glory

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:59:17 -0400

Start: Apr 21 2007 - 2:00pm

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Lampu Merah Mati (Monday Morning Glory). 2005. Malaysia. Written and directed by Woo Ming Jin. With Patrick Teoh, Azmon Hassan. Terrorism and government spin control are given an intriguing exploration in Woo Ming Jin’s first feature. The police chief of a fictional town has captured a group of men allegedly responsible for a fatal nightclub bombing.

Screening: Monday Morning Glory

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:57:35 -0400

Start: Apr 20 2007 - 6:00pm

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Screening: Wild at Heart

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:52:17 -0400

Start: Apr 27 2007 - 6:00pm

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Wild at Heart. 1990. USA/Great Britain. Written and directed by David Lynch, based on the novel by Barry Gifford. With Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini.

Screening: Wild at Heart

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:44:45 -0400

Start: Apr 14 2007 - 6:30pm

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Wild at Heart. 1990. USA/Great Britain. Written and directed by David Lynch, based on the novel by Barry Gifford. With Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini.

Screening: Recruits in Ingolstadt

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:29:00 -0400

Start: Apr 8 2007 - 4:00pm

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Pionieren in Ingolstadt (Recruits in Ingolstadt).1970. Screenplay by Fassbinder, based on the play by Marieluise Fleisser. With Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann. Although this was Fassbinder’s ninth film, it was his first to be reviewed in the United States.

Screening: Recruits in Ingolstadt

dianakuan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:26:42 -0400

Start: Apr 2 2007 - 6:15pm

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Youth Channel Screening with Venceremos Brigade

dianakuan — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:29:37 -0400

Start: Mar 16 2007 - 6:00pm

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You are cordially invited to join the Youth Channel along with past and present members of the Venceremos Brigade for a very special screening of two great documentaries:

Screening: Salt of the Earth

dianakuan — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:06:37 -0500

Start: Mar 24 2007 - 7:00pm

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Come to the International Action Center and People’s Video Network for an evening of movies, popcorn, and soda. An exciting lineup of progressive, hard-to-find documentaries and films will be shown on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m., followed by discussion.

We Interrupt This Empire: Film on Antiwar Takeover of SF

dianakuan — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:00:06 -0500

Start: Mar 11 2007 - 6:00pm

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The March 19 Peace Actions Coalition presents
a screening of We Interrupt This Empire...

Screening: Rain Dogs

dianakuan — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:17:00 -0500

Start: Mar 10 2007 - 6:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

2006. Malaysia. Written and directed by Ho Yuhang. With Kuan Choon Wai, Liu Wai Hung, Yasmin Ahmad. A powerful affirmation of Malaysia’s independent film scene, Ho Yuhang’s most recent film is a somber and beautiful testament to the loss of youthful innocence.

MNN Open Studio Producer Screening

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:10:59 -0500

Start: Mar 9 2007 - 6:30pm

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Open Studio screening of original shows by two MNN producers.

Frank Craven, is a seasoned award winning producer with a weekly program called What's Ailing/Healing US America? on Fridays at 9:30pm. He will share GROUND ZERO, a 28 minute program.

Sadia Carone, a new comer to MNN and the Big Apple, is the producer of Sadia's New York. She is proud to share two 1/2 hour shows; the first is an interview program, and the second is a study of her visual art and music. Sadia's New York screening begins after 7pm with a
Q & A to follow.

Screening: Immigrant

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:58:58 -0500

Start: Mar 19 2007 - 6:00pm

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Immigrant. 2006. Canada/Bosnia. Written, directed, and photographed by Bojan Bodruzic. With Emily R. Laue, Bojan Markovic, Jovan Milojevic.

Two Balkan immigrants in Vancouver adapt to a life in exile. One is a young filmmaker who returns with his Canadian girlfriend to Dubrovnik and Sarajevo, where cultural differences strain their relationship. The other is a widower who cannot rid himself of his memories of Bosnia. Bodruzic divides his two parallel narratives into nine quietly compelling chapters. In English, Bosnian; English subtitles. 101 min.

Screening: Looking for Victor Pellerin

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:56:33 -0500

Start: Mar 18 2007 - 4:00pm

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Rechercher Victor Pellerin (Looking for Victor Pellerin). 2006. Canada. Written and directed by Sophie Deraspe. According to Deraspe, Victor Pellerin was a highly successful and eccentric Montreal artist in the mid-1980s. In 1990 he recalled his work, purportedly to be photographed for a catalogue, and burnt all his paintings before disappearing. In her first feature, Deraspe rediscovers Pellerin through a series of interviews with colleagues, critics, and lovers, and she journeys to Colombia to find the missing artist. In French, English subtitles. 110 min.

Screening: Ten / Dinner for One

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:53:06 -0500

Start: Mar 17 2007 - 6:00pm

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Sham-e yeknafare (Dinner for One). 1995. France/Denmark/Spain/Sweden. From the compilation Lumière and Company. A woman (voice of Isabelle Huppert) leaves an answering machine message. 1 min.

Ten. 2002. Iran/France. With Mania Akbari, Amin Maher. The director's favorite setting, the automobile, serves as the perfect inside/outside, confined space for conversations between women. In ten separate scenes, six women at different stages of life—including the driver, a divorcee—open up about their emotional lives and attitudes. In the opening sequence, the sole male, the driver's petulant young son, sets the scene for the women his "mother" lends an ear to with a conversation that is a true example of communication difficulties. 93 min.

Screening: Immigrant

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:44:07 -0500

Start: Mar 15 2007 - 8:30pm

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Immigrant. 2006. Canada/Bosnia. Written, directed, and photographed by Bojan Bodruzic. With Emily R. Laue, Bojan Markovic, Jovan Milojevic.

Shorts from the Nantucket Film Festival: Women in the Festival Circuit

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:08:55 -0500

Start: Mar 3 2007 - 7:30pm

End: Mar 3 2007 - 10:00pm

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Part of the 4th Annual Fusion Film Festival at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Short films are an important part of the industry and the corner stone of university film programs. Come learn about the value your short
films can have as you embark on your career path. Films being screened include: Happiness, Why Don't You Dance, Fourteen, The Braggart, and The Tribe.

Panel discussion with Dir Sophie Barthes, DP Andrij Parekh, Dir Kellen Hertz, and Sharon Badal (Tribeca Film Festival) to follow.

3rd Annual Chica Luna Film Festival

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:05:13 -0500

Start: Mar 10 2007 - 8:00pm

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5pm: Technology Conference 8pm: Screenings

The Chica Luna Short Film Festival promotes and showcases works by women of color filmmakers who strive to break one-dimensional stereotypes that generally portray women of color in the mainstream media. Also, our first technology conference will explore how technology has impacted the entertainment industry and is changing the business models.

3rd Annual Chica Luna Film Festival

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00:56 -0500

Start: Mar 30 2007 - 5:00pm

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5pm: Technology Conference 8pm: Screenings

Chica Luna Productions is a non-profit organization that seeks to identify, develop and support women of color who strive to use popular media to engage social justice themes and are accountable to their communities.

Tickets: 5pm: $25; Students, Seniors $21; Day of Show $30
8pm: $11; Students, Seniors $6; Day of Show $15
5pm & 8pm Day Pass (available in-person or by phone): $31; Students, Seniors $25; Day of Show $41, Day of Show Students, Seniors $36
Venue: Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Tribute To Emil Habibi and Palestine

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:51:59 -0500

Start: Mar 10 2007 - 5:00pm

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Symphony Space presents a documentary film, Since You Left () which was produced, directed, and acted by Mohammad Bakri. In the film, Bakri pays a visit to the grave of the well known Palestinian writer, Emil Habibi, and briefs him on what has happened in Palestine since he passed away in 1996.

Arabic with English subtitles.

Screening: Starz in Black and Legacy of Torture

dianakuan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:41:26 -0500

Start: Mar 2 2007 - 7:00pm

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The Center for Constitutional Rights is holding an event in New York City -featuring a film by Melvin van Peebles and a discussion with Kathleen Cleever and CCR attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez.

Whitewashing the Panthers: Can the Government Prosecute Black History? Connecting the Torture Tactics used against the Black Panthers with those Used at Guantanamo/Abu Ghraib

Films:

Starz in Black - Melvin van Peebles' interview with political prisoner Herman Bell

Screening: Point of Attack

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:37:07 -0500

Start: Apr 19 2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION

Co-sponsors: The Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, The May 1st Coalition, Pakistani USA Freedom Forum & Resistance in Brooklyn

Discussion with filmmaker Kathleen Foster with Shahid Comrade & Lynne Stewart

The film chronicles the post-911 racial profiling, large scale round ups, detentions and mass deportations of Arab, Muslim and South Asian men as part of the government’s “War on Terrorism,” framing the plight of these immigrant communities in the broader context of the “other war” against civil liberties being waged via the USA Patriot Act.

Screening: Losing Ground and CSA Event

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:50:25 -0500

Start: Mar 29 2007 - 6:00pm

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Free screening of Losing Ground (2006), preceded by Special CSA Event and Signup, 6 to 8 p.m.

A heartbreaking look at suburban sprawl in New Jersey, which at the current rate will be the first state in the nation to have developed every last acre of unprotected land. The film documents the efforts of local citizens to defend their communities from unbridled development and maintain their agricultural heritage.

Screening: After Innocence

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:46:18 -0500

Start: Mar 22 2007 - 8:00pm

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Free screening of After Innocence (2005)

Calm, deliberate and devastating, this documentary confirms many of the worst fears about weaknesses in the American criminal-justice system. It examines the cases of seven men wrongly convicted of murder and rape and exonerated years later by DNA evidence.

FREE (Donations welcome)

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St. (between Mulberry and Mott), NY

Screening: Witness

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:40:43 -0500

Start: Mar 15 2007 - 8:00pm

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This award-winning documentary explains how a construction contractor who had feared and avoided animals for most of his life became an impassioned animal advocate . . . all through the love of a kitten.

FREE (Donations welcome)

Location: Times Up!, 49 East Houston St., NY

Screenings: Democracy and Free Trade

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:38:04 -0500

Start: Mar 8 2007 - 8:00pm

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This is What Democracy Looks Like (1999) and This is What Free Trade Looks Like (2003)

During the 1999 World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, activists gathering to promote economic justice managed to shut down the WTO during a days-long demonstration. This is What Democracy Looks Like tells the story from the hearts and lenses of more than 100 activists who turned their cameras on the police.

Jesus Camp: Free Screening

dianakuan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:18:59 -0500

Start: Feb 28 2007 - 7:00pm

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Free Screening, Free Popcorn at Vox Pop Coffeehouse

A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America that requires Christian youth to assume leadership roles advocating the causes of their religious movement. Jesus Camp follows a group of young children to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire Summer Camp," where kids are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in God's army and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recurits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future.