SATURDAY MAY 23
DANGEROUS DOCS
You can't make this stuff up.
Venue: on the roof of the Brooklyn Tech
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn) MAP
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music
9:00PM: Films
Tickets: $9-$25
Presented in partnership with: Crunch, Cinereach, New York magazine & Brooklyn Technical High School
No refunds. In the event of rain, the show will be indoors at the same locations. Seating is first come, first served. Physical seats are limited. This means you may not get a chair. You are welcome to bring a blanket and picnic.
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There is no denying the simple pleasure provided by a film that captures some bizarre and extreme phenomenon from some distant corner of the world, and Rooftop’s Dangerous Docs program brings together 6 such gems. Teenagers in Soweto dance atop moving trains, Australian preservationists rescue bizarre endangered chickens, a sideshow performer turns amputation into a spectator sport, and men travel from all across the world to compete in the World Beard and Mustache Championships.
Of course, a good non-fiction film does more than merely document a spectacle, and each of these films also delves into the motivations of the subjects. We find out how an African teenager justifies risking his life for a fleeting moment of local fame; we hear about the exhilaration the artist feels as he turns his own body into a shredded canvas; we witness the love one troubled man feels for a flock of squawking birds; we get a glimpse of the quirky vanity that drives someone to grow a mustache that protrudes 16 inches off the side of his face.
Even after all this, it’s not likely that we will all be able to fully relate to these individuals—they often make decisions that most of us would never even consider. But we do, hopefully, come to understand some of the forces that drive them to such extremes of behavior. And, whatever their motivations, it is certainly fun to watch.
Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire the diverse communities of New York City by showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers and musicians. In addition to our Summer Series – which takes place in unique outdoor venues every weekend throughout the summer – Rooftop provides grants to filmmakers, teaches media literacy and filmmaking to young people, rents low-cost equipment to artists and non-profits, and produces new independent films. At Rooftop Films, we bring the underground outdoors. For more information and updates please visit our website at www.rooftopfilms.com.
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