NEXT WEEK May 30th Work Of Fiction

NewFilmmakers Spring Series  Wednesday, May 23rd NewFilmmakers welcomes the Third World Newsreel and presents two films about the impact of 9/11 on New Yorkers.   6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Third World Newsreel, Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Paper Tiger TV present “COMMUNITY OF MEDIA: A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC MEDIA IN NEW YORK CITY."  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. To celebrate the rich history of public media outlets in New York City, TWN, MNN and PTTV are coming together for a special film presentation on Wednesday, May 23rd at the Anthology Film Archives. “Community of Media: A Celebration of Public Media in New York City” will feature four documentaries that highlight the role of media and media organizations on local and national events.  No Game (17 minutes, 1968) In “No Game”, independent filmmakers present an alternative point of view to the media coverage of the 1967 March on the Pentagon. This film is considered the first production of the Newsreel collective, a group of documentary makers that later became TWN. Homeland Insecurity (7 minutes, 2001) - Weeks after September 11, 2001, TWN launched the Call to Media Action project to document the reactions and concerns of underrepresented communities in New York City after the attack. In “Homeland Insecurity” Arab Americans, Muslim Americas and South Asian Americans denounce hate crimes against their communities in the months following September 11.  Freeing the Media and Marcos' Message ( 28 minutes, 1997) This documentary highlights the opening panel of the 1997 conference “Freeing the Media” which was organized by FAIR, the Learning Alliance, and PTTV. Included is a video message from Subcommandante Marcos in Chiapas, Mexico, reminding the US independent media community of their role in international affairs. Public Access at 35: A Journey of Community Media in New York City (28 minutes, 2005) - Public Access at 35” tells the history of public access television in the city and reminds us of the importance of safeguarding public access television, especially in light of the creeping anti-Access TV legislation and corporate media conglomeration that permeates the information exchange here and abroad. This program is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Community Media Grant Program of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, the Funding Exchange and the North Star Fund. For more information about the program, visit www.twn.org.   8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION Gregory Mitnick LAWRENCE (2007, 13 Minutes, Video) Filmed in Chinatown a noodle factory worker struggles through a romantic relationship with a girl he has never met. Patrice Johnson NY'S DIRTY LAUNDRY (2007, 78 Minutes, Video) In the weeks following 9/11, racial paradigms are shifted and hidden prejudices are revealed in this heated and often hilarious exchange between the members of two immigrant families (one Afro-Caribbean and the other Arab-Muslim) who clash in a crowded Brooklyn Laundromat and in an airless NYC taxicab.   9:35PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION Sari Dalena & Keith Sicat RIGODON (2005, 80 Minutes, Video) RIGODON follows the spiritual journey of three immigrants in Post 9/11 New York City. The Immigrant's Dream is the American Nightmare. RIGODON follows their spiritual journeys in New York City when their lives intertwine in the age of racial profiling and government crackdowns.