FREE NEW YORK NON-FICTION SHORTS IN CHELSEA MARKET *What: Free short films, free local wine, free cheese and free delicatessan snacks in Chelsea Market with a live performance by Drew and the Medicinal Pen. *Where: Chelsea Market
Enter at
75 9th Avenue in Chelsea,
(Between 15th and 16th Streets) *When:Monday, March 24th,
7:00 PM
Music at 7 PM |
Films at 7:30 PM *Admission: FREE Head over to Chelsea next Monday, March 24th, for the first of three FREE programs of short films that Rooftop Films will be presenting within the lovely halls of Chelsea Market. The screening is free and open to all and we will also be serving complimentary New York cheeses (compliments of Chelsea Market Baskets), free wines, organic farm foods and chili popcorn (courtesy of The Green Table restaurant), and free kosher delicatessan snacks (courtesy of Friedman's Delicatessan). The screening will be preceded by a live performance by Drew and the Medicinal Pen.
As delicious as all those treats are, the best part of Monday's screening will--of course--be the films.
We'll be showing a collection of some of our favorite New York documentaries from the last several years, including works by The Neistat Brothers, Charlie Ahearn, Lila Place, Caz Nozkowsi (and the Internets Celebrities), The DB, Carmen Vidal Balanzat, Vipal Monga, Greg King, Noah Lerner and Mike Novak. You'll see New York at dawn, travel to Harlem to meet a former playground legend, head to the Bronx with an African MC to visit the birthplace of hip-hop, ride the subway with an unabashed expressionistic dancer, and when it's all over you'll even be taught the best way to relieve yourself when you are far from home.
The Films: Big In the Mind (Mike Novak, Noah Lerner, 18:30)
Ask a longtime Harlem resident about Joe Hammond and they'll tell you the tale of a basketball legend nick-named "The Destroyer" who dropped 50 points on Dr. J in the Rucker tournament, schooled Pat Riley in a Lakers tryout and then threw it all away hustling on 125th street instead of hustling up and down the court in the NBA. 25 years later, Mike Novak and Noah Lerner tracked down the former street ball star to document the fall of a man who kept it real but lost it all. You might not be cognizant of the handball superstars sparring all about New York, but if you ever saw Joe Hammond play street basketball you would probably take notice.
Manhattan Canyon (Gregory King / New York, NY / 2:30)
Gregory King is a painter and an experimental filmmaker who plays keys and percussion with the indie-chamber music band The Rachel's and designs the band's intricate album art. For two full days in the summer of 2004, Greg strapped three cameras (two Super-8 and one video) onto his body and trekked up and down the length of Manhattan, taking one picture at each intersection. Set to the Rachel's music, Greg created a visual diptych representing the east and west sides of Manhattan, creating the effect of being whisked down the bottom of an urban canyon.
Pay Roll (Noah Klersfeld, 13:00)
The intersection of Broadway and Fulton in downtown Manhattan may seem chaotic, but this ingenious film shows the amazing coordination of the public movement.
Under the Roller Coaster (Lila Place | Brooklyn, NY | 15:00)
The Thunderbolt Roller Coaster was a Coney Island icon, but, for Mae Timpano, it was home. The film looks beyond the enchantment of the famous playground to examine the true-life experience of one woman who had a unique relationship to Coney Island: she lived under the famed Thunderbolt Roller Coaster.
6 a.m. (Carmen Vidal Balanzat, 8:33)
Neighbors (THE DB | BROOKLYN, NY, 6:00) Before you “just browse” the neighbor’s newspaper you might want to look over your shoulder.
Down (Vipal Monga / Tai Jimenez, 10:25)
With less graffiti, pre-recorded announcements, and now computer-driven trains (the L, on a trial basis), New York subways are becoming increasingly sterile. But one thing we hope will never go away is underground performers. Sure, often enough, when someone squawks their saxophone onto our train we'll drop a dollar in their hat just to make them go away. But what if the performer doesn't want money, or even attention? In this video, Tai Jimenez dances for and with the rhythm and beauty of the ride, and the riders' reactions are so wonderfully New York.
Urine Nation (Casimir Nozkowski and the Internets Celebrities, 5:00)
ABOUT CHELSEA MARKET
Chelsea Market is an enclosed, urban food court and shopping mall in Chelsea. The 22-building complex fills two entire blocks bounded by 9th and 11th Avenues and 15th to 16th Street. Retail facilities were introduced into the building by connecting the original back lots of individual buildings to a central, ground-level concourse with entries at 9th and 10th Avenues (completed in April 1997). Stores include the Manhattan Fruit Exchange, 202 by Nicole Farhi, Amy's Bread, Buddakan, Fat Witch Bakery, Ruth's Bakery, Eleni's, and Chelsea Thai, Morimoto, owned by Food Network "Iron Chef" Masaharu. Above Chelsea Market, passing through the building on the 10th Avenue side, a new urban landscape is in the process of development called the High Line. The developers of Chelsea Market have encouraged a symbiotic relationship among their tenants with the vendors supplying the restaurateurs with fresh ingredients, such as seafood, vegetables, fruit and meats. The site also allows businesses to combine their manufacturing and retail assets under one roof.
