Date: Thursday, June 20th
Venue: The Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 3rd Street, Brookly, NY 11215
8:00 PM: Doors Open
8:30 PM: Live Music from Raia Was
9:00 PM: Film Begins
10:30 PM: Q&A with filmmaker Zia Anger
10:45 PM: Afterparty, sponsored by Ketel One Family Made Vodka
THE FILM
My First Film
Zia Anger | 2024 | US | 100 mins
Following the success of Anger’s 2019 multimedia performance of the same name, My First Film marks a return to the ground zero of Anger’s artistic development: her lost film, Always All Ways, Anne Marie, which she worked on from 2010 to 2012. In a departure from the performance’s screen-shared visuals and typed-out inner monologue, Anger’s feature debut is a dramatization of that disastrous shoot and its untold truths; an autofictional nesting doll.
Nearly 15 years later, Vita (Odessa Young), recounts making her first feature - a semi-autobiographical film about a young woman who gets pregnant and decides to leave home, starring her friend Dina (Devon Ross). Being an enthusiastic but inexperienced filmmaker the shoot is chaotic, and Vita’s ego-tripping methods cause a near-death accident. As Vita’s “first film” falls apart, Anger stages a lyrical self-critique that probes the nature of artistic truth and personal mythmaking, all while upending the strictures of traditional memoir. Courtesy of MUBI.
PERFORMER
Raia Was
With her name nodding to the past, Raia Was is the project of an old soul. Raised by her mother in Downtown Manhattan, she began performing as a teenager, holding a weekly residency at a piano bar on Avenue B and accumulating hundreds of hours of performance experience before beginning her professional career. Having grown up in the scene, Raia Was is a mainstay within the NY indie community, recording and touring as a vocalist and keyboard player before finally stepping into her own solo project as a performer.
Raia Was has an exceptional ability to push the boundaries of genre and create magnetic work that is honest in its exploration of the intricacies of everyday life. She performs a controlled suite of music with a rare brooding intensity and haunting sense of color and space set amidst her irreverent mix-and-match approach to live arranging.
On her self-produced sophomore LP Captain Obvious, her stylized take on experimental pop is being placed in the company of Weyes Blood, Mitski and Kate Bush. Her music as been featured in HBO’s Euphoria, on NPR’s All Songs Considered, in NYLON and Under The Radar Magazine. “Everyone who jumped on the Kate Bush bandwagon should get on board the Raia Was bus” (Riff Magazine).
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NO REFUNDS. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION. NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED.
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FAQs
How will it work?
Using your RSVP, our team will check in all patrons by last name at the entrance.
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Subway: take the R to the Unions St. station or take the G or F trains to the Carroll St. station. Bus: take the B37 or B103 to 3 Av/3 St. If you are driving you will need to find street parking.
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Rooftop Films are open to all ages, but ID and proof of age is required for entry. You must be 21+ to attend the after party.
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Chairs will be provided so no need to bring your own!
Can I bring food and drinks?
No outside alcoholic beverages are allowed. Feel free to bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages! No glass on the roof, please!
Can I wear heels?
Sorry, but on the roof we ask that you don't wear stiletto heels as it's a soft roof. You are allowed to wear pointy heels in the Courtyard and we provide flip flops if needed.
How accessible is this venue?
There will be a few flights of stairs to climb up to the roof. If you would like to attend this event but have an ADA need, we can provide a freight elevator. There is one step that will be unavoidable in stepping onto the roof. Our courtyard seating (available at select events) is entirely accessible. If this brings up any concerns, please email us at tickets@rooftopfilms.com or call at 718-417-7362 for more information.
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