2009
SCREENING SCHEDULE
The 2009, Red Hook International Film And Video Festival
screenings
took take place on October 3rd & 4th at
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artist's Coalition's Screening Room,
499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
| At 1:00 p.m. | On The Gowanus |
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Robert Guskind: 1958-2009 Directed by Blue Barn Pictures Documentary, 2009, color, 6:30 minutes A tribute to Robert Guskind - aka "Brooklyn's Blogfather" - who for many years published The Gowanus Lounge, a local news website that offered unique coverage of Brooklyn's many neighborhoods. This year's Red Hook Film Festival is dedicated to Robert Guskind, to The Gowanus Lounge, and to local storytelling. |
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Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal Directed by Alison Prete Documentary, 1999, color, 53 minutes A 10th anniversary screening of this classic Brooklyn documentary, which chronicles the gritty details of the decades-long struggle to clean up the Gowanus Canal. This film remains especially relevant today, as the Gowanus neighborhood faces a potential Superfund designation. What has changed on the canal - and what remains the same - in the ten years since this fascinating documentary was completed? |
| At 2:30 p.m. | Abandonment Issues - Art, Color, Dye, Life |
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Karsh Kale - "GK2" Directed by Zina Brown Music Video, color, 2005, 5 minutes A phantasmagorical electronic-fusion costume drama music video filmed inside the ruins of a local abandoned power plant. Awesome and bizarre. |
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Urban Underground Explorer Directed by Howard A. Silver Documentary, color, 2009, 6 minutes Before his recent departure for the west coast, Steve Duncan was considered one of New York's premiere Urban Explorers. This film follows him on his quest to discover the lost waterways hidden under the streets of New York. |
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Under the Roller Coaster Directed by Lila Place Documentary, color, 2005, 15 minutes The Thunderbolt roller coaster in Coney Island was once a Brooklyn icon. Before its surprising demolition in 2000, it was also the home of Mae Timpano, a unique Brooklyn character. This is the story of her life under the roller coaster. |
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Scion Directed by Michael Rossetti Fiction, 2008, color, 12 minutes A cyborg waits in an abandoned New York factory, crippled by damaged technology, until one day a stranger arrives... |
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Insanity Vault Directed by Sylvie Bolioli Documentary, 2009, color, 15 minutes The chronicle of an underground exploration into the strange remains of an abandoned, fenced-off, tightly guarded Connecticut insane asylum. |
| At 4:00 p.m. | The Streets of New York |
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Fortification Directed by Elena Wen Animation, color, 1 minute The urban cacophony fades to silence. |
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Everything Said Directed by Andy Cahill Animation, 2007, color, 2:30 minutes The residents of a tenement building find love and gluttony. |
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Don't Fly Away Directed by David Spritzler Non-Fiction, 2009, color, 8 minutes A delivery man journeys through the streets and tunnels of Manhattan with 100 balloons in tow. |
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Nueva York Directed by Manolo Celi Fiction, 2008, color, 8 minutes The lives of a seemingly disparate group of Hispanics in New York City are interwoven as we see how they survive and thrive. |
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Mr. Brooklyn Directed by JSOK Fiction, 2009, color, 14 minutes An old-school Brooklyn dockworker experiences a tumultuous day on the shores of Red Hook. Set on the piers outside Steve's Key Lime Pies, independent filmmaking does not get more local then this! |
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The Found Directed by Carlos Berrios Fiction, color, 2009, 12 minutes A beautifully realized neo-noir story structured around a conversation between two men who meet one night after a violent incident on the cobblestone streets of Brooklyn. |
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Spanish Girls Are Beautiful Directed by Gabrielle Rivera Fiction, 2009, color, 21 minutes Brings a hazy world of weed and women into sharp focus, with the intersection of urban and suburban, stoop and subdivision, as a group of Bronx Latina lesbians meets a lesbian crew from a much different background. Romance and drama ensue. |
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And at 6:00pm... With live music by The Tarnishersand food from
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| Sunday | October 4th: |
| At 2:00 p.m. | Red Hook's Finest! |
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Mike Doughty - "Put It Down" Directed by Robert Barocci and Tina Fallon Music Video, 2008, color, 4 minutes A man wearing a boat embarks on a Homeric odyssey across New York City, heading towards Red Hook, Brooklyn. |
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Moment Directed by Lee Songe Fiction, 2007, color, 10 minutes Three strangers meet at Valentino Park in Red Hook, sharing a moment that could change their lives. |
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Pool Directed by Lila Place Documentary, 2009, color, 4 minutes Dive back into summer at the Red Hook Pool. |
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Mr. Mack's Kitchen Directed by Mike Attie Documentary, 2008, color, 6 minutes Red Hook Film Festival alum Mike Attie takes a trip to Mr. Macks kitchen, where you need respect and discipline to survive! Can the kids of Lafayette Elementary take the heat? |
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Last Day at the Nut House Directed by Kathy Kensinger Documentary, 2009, color, 5 minutes Red Hook Film Festival alum Kathy Kensinger's new documentary visits a San Francisco institution on its closing day, to bid a fond farewell to "the nut lady." |
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The Secret Life of Beards Directed by Melanie Levy Documentary, color, 6 minutes Red Hook Film Festival alum Melanie Levy discovers that beards can hide many secrets and that there are many reasons to grow a beard. The World Champion of Beards sums it all up in this film when he enigmatically claims "My beard means Freedom." |
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Mr. Brooklyn Directed by JSOK Fiction, 2009, color, 14 minutes An old-school Brooklyn dockworker experiences a tumultuous day on the shores of Red Hook. Set on the piers outside Steve's Key Lime Pies, independent filmmaking does not get more local then this! |
| At 4:00 p.m. | Urban Industry |
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Journey to the Line Directed by Corey Brandensteinr Documentary, 2009, color, 9 minutes A photographic, symphonic view of Los Angeles and the working class that keeps it going. |
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A Farm Grows in Brooklyn...On a Rooftop Directed by Liza de Guia Documentary, 2009, color, 3 minutes Meet the farmers at Brooklyn's very first rooftop farm, which started in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in April 2009. Up on their huge roof, organic tomatoes, spinach and other vegetables grow within view of the Empire State Building. |
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Storefront Directed by Greg DeLiso Documentary, 2008, color, 6 minutes Catch up with James and Karla Murray, who screened at last years festival, as they talk about their new book "Storefront" - an amazing collection of images from New York City's vanishing mom & pop shops. |
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Brooklyn Makes By Sarah Nelson Wright with sound by Jennifer Stock Video Installation excerpt, 2009, color, 8 minutes This is a special preview of Sarah Nelson Wright's upcoming event "Brooklyn Makes" - an outdoor walking tour of North Brooklyn industrial businesses, with site-specific video installations projected onto local manufacturing facades. "Brooklyn Makes" will take place the evenings of October 9th and 10th. Visit www.brooklynmakes.org for more information. |
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Lessons from a Tailor Directed by Galen Summer Documentary, 2008, color, 8 minutes Martin Greenfield has worked as a tailor in Bushwick, Brooklyn for decades. In his life, he has gone from concentration camp survivor to factory floor boy to owning his own company and making suits for President Bill Clinton. This is his story. |
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Brooklyn Boondoggle Directed by Meerkat Media Collective Documentary, 2009, color, 12 minutes As developer Bruce Ratner continues to strip away any redeeming qualities from his Atlantic Yards project, this documentary captures a variety of responses from neighbors affected by this controversial plan to redevelop Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Railyards. |
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Portrait of Ricardo Leon Pena Villa A Colombian poet eloquently tells the story of his involvement with the Lower East Side squatter movement, which built and legalized homes in long-neglected buildings while battling the city government. |
| After the screening... The Awards Presentation!! |
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