Name: Three Promises
Start: 2024-08-14T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-14T22:30:00-04:00
Location: Brooklyn Commons Park

Three Promises

At Rooftop Films we believe film can be so much more than just watching a movie, so we curate unique events that combine great music, quality film, and some of the most beautiful locations that New York has to offer. By thinking beyond the screen, we help to bring communities together and change the way that film, music, art, and ideas interact with the city around us.Rooftop Films’ mission is to engage and inspire diverse communities by showing movies in outdoor locations, supporting the production of new independent films, helping local organizations to produce screenings and events, and renting equipment at low-cost to artists and nonprofits. Rooftop Films is more than a film festival. We are a community. We are a collective collaboration between filmmakers and festivals; between audience members and artists; between venues and neighborhoods. Our goal is to nurture a vibrant independent filmmaking and film-going community not only by exhibiting the work of emerging filmmakers, but also by providing essential support systems for those who otherwise have none.

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A mother films her family's life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank

Brooklyn Commons Park

Date: Wednesday, August 14thVenue: Brooklyn CommonsAddress: 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 7:30 PM: Seating Opens8:30 PM: Films Begin10:00 PM: Q&amp;A with producer Marielle Olentine, moderated by Lila Nazemian, ArteEast's Programs and Communications Director THE FILMSThree PromisesYousef Srouji | Palestine, US, Lebanon | 61 minsA mother films her family's life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank. Her son revisits the past through this footage, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents forced to choose between their children’s safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home.our songs were ready for all wars to comeNoor Abed | Palestine | 22 minsour songs were ready for all wars to come is an experimental film of choreographed scenes based on documented folk tales from Palestine. The perforated edge of the film, occasionally silhouetted by flashes of light, highlights the nature of the work as a mediated document. Images of women performing draw connections between latent stories of water wells and communal rituals associated with disappearance, mourning and death. The only narration in the film is a song, which is sung by Palestinian singer Maya Khaldi. Its lyrics are a collage of different folk tales. How can folklore become a common emancipatory tool for people to overturn dominant discourses, reclaim their history and land, and rewrite reality as they know it? This program is co-presented with <a href="https://arteeast.org/" title="https://arteeast.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArteEast</a> and is part of the legacy program <a href="https://artearchive.eventive.org/welcome" title="https://artearchive.eventive.org/welcome" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unpacking the ArteArchive</a>, which preserves and presents 20 years of film and video programming by ArteEast..........................................RSVP IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION. NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED..........................................FAQsHow will it work?RSVP is encouraged but not required for entry. No need to check in, just show up! Seating is first come, first served.How do I get there?Subway: take the A, C, F or R trains to the Jay Street Metrotech station. Bus: B54 to Myrtle Av/Prince St or B25 B26 B38 or B52 to Fulton Street &amp; Jay Street. If you are driving you will need to find street parking.Do I need to bring a chair?Chairs will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own lawn chair but will need to sit on the side of or behind the provided seating.Can I bring food and drinks?No alcoholic beverages are allowed. Feel free to bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages!Where will the screening take place within Brooklyn Commons Park?The screening will take place in the Commons at 5 Metrotech Center.How accessible is this venue?This venue is accessible to all. If you have any concerns, please email us at tickets@rooftopfilms.com or call at 718-417-7362 for more information.Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?Rooftop Films are open to all ages.You didn't answer my questions!Sorry about that! Give us a call at 718-417-7362 or click the "contact us" button below.

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