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NewFilmmakers Spring Series  Wednesday, May 16th NewFilmmakers presents Three Features Upstairs In the Courthouse Theater 6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE Hue Rhodes TOWER OF BABEL (2007, 4 Minutes, Video) Robert Roberts TYPECASTED (2006, 20 Minutes, Video) C Franco Calabria IN THE GAME (2007, 18 Minutes, Video) Nick Casalini ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI (2006. 15 Minutes, Video) 7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION Marc Grant SLIPDREAM (2005, 85 Minutes, Mini DV) A Sci-Fi tale about street smart pot dealer in LA delivers his goods by bicycle, but when he trades his father's gold watch for some "magical" seeds. He transcends his addiction by growing a pair of beanstalks. 8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION Richard Haines SOFT MONEY (2006, 70 Minutes, Mini DV) Three thieves and a political figure all are trying to make some fast cash. 9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD FEATURE PRESENTATION [ Note New Time ] Roberta Marino RICOTTA (2006, 72 Minutes, Video) In a small town in Southern Italy, where there never seems to be any water, but where a river roars ... Ilenia, a ricotta delivery girl, comes to terms with life's contradictions. Wednesday, May 16th NewFilmmakers presents Three Features Downstairs In the Deren Theater NewFilmmakers welcomes the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, goes to a Post Apocalyptic Prom, and visits Coney Island – all in one night. 6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Tonight we will screen some of the best programs from Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), a non-profit organization that broadcasts programming on four public access stations in Manhattan. Its diverse shows include news, talk shows, interviews, debates, documentaries, travelogues, live music, and sketch comedy. Its programs range from local to international in scope, and reach up to 3 million viewers around Manhattan. Broadcasting more than 1200 active shows in 20 languages, 24 hours a day, MNN programming reflects the diverse communities that make up our borough. 7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Peter Malof DEREK’S APPEAL (2005, 23 Minutes, Video) John Foster KYOTO NOCTURNES, PART 1: ELEGANT SLAUGHTER (2004, 22 Minutes, Video) Justin Chambers CONSPIRACY (2006, 20 Minutes, Video) 8:10PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION Eugene Lehnert ARMAGEDDON FOR ANDY (2006, 80 Minutes, Mini DV) From the first day of kindergarten, Andy knew he was going to take Bethany Hopkins to the senior prom. The only problem is: he never bothered to tell Bethany. In fact, Andy’s never even spoken to her. But with the prom only twenty-four hours away, he’s not going to let a little thing like that get him down. He’s got bigger problems. Mainly the fact that America is on the brink of a nuclear war that not only threatens to destroy the free world… but his prom night as well. 9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION Craig Butta CONEY ISLAND, USA (2006, 8 Minutes, Video) Nick Basile AMERICAN CARNY: True Tales from the Circus Sideshow (2006, 99 Minutes, Video) Step right up! and come on the inside -- Beyond the banners and into the morbid curiosity that is the American Sideshow. Join Carnival Maestro Todd Robbins and award-winning filmmaker, Nick Basile, on a journey into a world of circus freaks, fire-eaters, human blockheads, magicians, contortionists, professional lunatics, and much, much more. You will travel the historic road of the American sideshow from the circus tents to the American Dime Museum in Baltimore, to the last 'ten-in-one sideshow' that exists today on Brooklyn's infamous Coney Island.