(NYC) NewFilmmakers NY hosts the Black Documentary Collective and celebrates Urban Life
By Wise Elephant • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Shout OutsNewFilmmakers NY hosts the Black Documentary Collective and celebrates Urban Life.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Arnold Chun ELI’S LIQUOR STORE (2007, 18 Minutes, Video)
Elijah’s Liquor Store is set in Koreatown circa 1999. It tells the story of Elijah Gooden, a 43-year-old African-American man from Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia Tech University and worked in corporate America before moving his family to Los Angeles to start his own business.
Virginie-Alvine Perrette TWILIGHT BECOMES NIGHT (2007, 36 Minutes, Video)
This documentary explores the widespread closing of neighborhood stores in New York City and the significant impact this transformation has on us all.
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS / BLACK DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE
Founded by veteran filmmaker St.Clair Bourne, the BDC provides people of African descent working in the documentary film and video field with the opportunity to meet socially; network professionally; promote each others’ work and exchange ideas in order to generate productions.
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ramon Rivera Moret ON CALLOWAY STREET (2007, 91 Minutes, Video)
ON CALLOWAY STREET by Ramón Rivera-Moret is a documentary that shows the lives of tenants in what may be the most diverse apartment building in the most diverse county in the world. This documentary reveals the poetic experience of people moving to Queens from many different countries.
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