Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Venue: Asia Society and Museum (725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC)
Time: 6:45 – 8pm
Tickets: $7 members; $9 students/seniors; $11 nonmembers
Dir. Vijay Singh. India. 2010. 64 min. Digibeta.
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker moderated by Aseem Chhabra, entertainment writer, Festival Director of New York Indian Film Festival, and board member of South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
A film by Lavinia Currier which is based on the memoir by Louis Sarno “Last Thoughts Before Vanishing from the Face of the Earth”.
Starring Kris Marshall, Isaach de Bankolé, Will Yun Lee & the Bayaka of Yandombe
Running Time: 106 min
Languages: Sango, Akka, French, and English.
Exclusive engagement starts Friday, October 14th at the Angelika Film Center (NY).
25 years ago, ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno traveled from New Jersey to the forests of Central Africa to record the music of the Bayaka Pygmies. Falling in love with a Bayaka girl and her forest lifestyle, he decided to stay. “OKA!” tells the adventure of his life in Africa with his adopted family. The Bayaka pygmies maintain a tenuous balance between their traditional forest existence and their increasing dependence on the Bantu villagers. Through the eyes of Larry, the tall, ungainly white man from New Jersey, who in spite of his failing liver accompanies the Bayaka on a journey into the heart of the forest, “OKA!” offers a unique glimpse into the music, humor, and spirit of the Bayaka people. “OKA!” is directed by Lavinia Currier and filmed in Sango, Akka, French, and English. It is based on Louis Sarno’s memoir, Last Thoughts Before Vanishing from the Face of the Earth, and stars Kris Marshall, with Isaach de Bankolé and Will Yun Lee, and a magnificent local Bayaka ensemble cast.
Movie theatre: City Cinemas Village East Cinema (181-189 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003)
Release Date: August 5th, 2011
Genre: Drama
Studio: Red Hawk Films
Runtime: 92 minutes
Film rate: not rated
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Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking — 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival
Directed and written by Scott Rosenbaum
Screenplay by Scott Rosenbaum and Jasin Cadic
Produced by Joseph White, Scott Rosenbaum, Mike Ellis, Neil Carter
Website: http://www.theperfectageofrocknroll.com
About the film
Battle for Brooklyn explores the poorly understood phenomenon of eminent domain abuse. A feature-length documentary from filmmakers Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, and David Beilinson, this film investigates how real estate developers, local government, community activists, and the media have clashed over the largest single-source development project ever proposed in New York City.
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Widely known as the Atlantic Yards project, this undertaking has for the past four years been a major source of contention as local residents resist a billionaire developers attempt to use eminent domain to seize their homes and businesses. Done in the name of “development,” schemes such as this one eviscerate private property rights and make a mockery of the Fifth Amendment–and yet they freely exploit lucrative taxpayer subsidies, easements, and tax abatements.
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Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Ticket: free
Location: JujoMukti Tea Lounge (211 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009)
The Association for India’s Development (AID), New York (http://www.aidnyc.org/) invites you to this film screening.
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Presented in partnership with Alwan for the Arts and ArteEast
Film series: Human Rights Watch Film Festival
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‘David’ tells the story of Daud, an eleven year old religious Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn. Concealing his Muslim identity, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who through a haphazard sequence of events mistake him for being Jewish and accept him as one of their own. A genuine bond of friendship is formed between Daud and Yoav, one of the Jewish boys; Daud experiences a sense of freedom, joy, and camaraderie that he has never felt before, and for a brief time enjoys being a carefree eleven year old Brooklyn boy. When the Jewish boys discover Daud’s true identity, Daud’s world is shattered and he is left alone, struggling to come to terms with his place in the world.
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Movie theatres and timesshowtime: 7:30 pm | Sunday June 5 | Brooklyn Heights Cinema
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Special Tribeca Drive-In event with film excerpts and a free live concert by the 20-piece Caribbean big band “SEPTENTRIONAL” on April 22 at the North Cove in Battery Park City
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 7:30
Venue: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (NY)
Time: 7:30pm
Ticket: free
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Producer and director: Emma Franz
Year: 2008
Language: English and Korean Read More
