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August 2008
A LOUD COLOR
(Brent Joseph I 06:35 I Documentary)
By Rooftop Films on 08/29/2008
Filed under: Documentary, Watch Short FilmscallBrightcove(1634691264, 594, 445, "#ffffff");Self-perception is crucial to 72-year-old Louis Harding, rebuilding the community center he opened one month before Hurricane Katrina. He discusses the importance of history, heroes and self-esteem for African-Americans. New Orleans native and filmmaker Brent Joseph shows us an touching and intimate portrait of Louis Harding, a community leader who's years of hard work to benefit the youth of New Orleans was washed away by hurricane Katrina. Despite the massive set back, Louis keeps moving forward and believes that making his dream a reality is more important now than ever before. We were able to ask Brent... MORE »
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BERLIN
(Jessica Duffin Wolfe | 3:49 | Drama)
By Rooftop Films on 08/14/2008
Filed under: Drama, Watch Short FilmscallBrightcove(1634707667, 594, 445, "#ffffff");She craves adventure. He wants to settle down. In order to win her over, he tries to do something spontaneous. But she knows that "Adventures are as common as rooftops." Berlin, a point he picked out on a map--it came to embody all his hopes and dreams of adventure that he thought would make him more like the girl he loved. She was adventurous, but gave up her journey because she wanted to be with him. He wanted her, but was he good enough? He could not see adventure in the every day like she could. This... MORE »
THE DRIFT
(Kelly Sears | 8:13 | Animation)
By Rooftop Films on 08/13/2008
Filed under: Animation, Documentary, Political Films, Watch Short FilmscallBrightcove(1634691271, 594, 445, "#ffffff");An absurd fable crafted from images found in thrift store bookshelves about our country's unflinching frontierism and the desire to push too far, too fast. What happens when the final frontier has been crossed one too many times? Space, the moon, the emptiness-we've already been there. But when astronauts of a new, exalted space mission hear "the drift," a hypnotic song that sounds like emptiness, it draws them further from the ground of Earth and augments a desire to explore and live in wonder. With Kelly Sears' looped DVD projection, still photographic images of the "American Dream"... MORE »
REVOLUTION OF THE CRABS
(Arthur de Pins | 5:04 | Animation)
By Rooftop Films on 08/07/2008
callBrightcove(1703403484, 594, 445, "#ffffff");A Rooftop favorite, this short tells the story of a self-defeated Marbled Rock Crab and his species' 120 million years of tragedy. Revolution of the Crabs is a cute and witty animated short from France about a race of shellfish that have collectively internalized the concept of being trapped in a shell that dooms them to walk forever in the same direction. They are the Pachygrapsus Marmoratus, commonly known as 'depressed crabs.'" They are likewise fated to meet each other only in passing for all time. Maybe they are this way for a reason; their life paths... MORE »
ROOFTOP WEEKEND RECAP - August 1-2
TWO LOVELY, LEAFY SHOWS FILLED THE LAWNS
By Rooftop Films on 08/03/2008
FRIDAY: My Effortless Brilliance at Automotive High School A week after our blow-out Animation Block screening, Rooftop was back at Automotive for the New York Premiere of Lynn Shelton's My Effortless Brilliance, and we were pleasantly surprised that once again the audience filled the lawn. Fresh vegetables, popcorn and snacks were on sale, all produce grown on school grounds as part of AHS' new gardening program, which student Damon Singho described on stage to a supportive audience. Then, getting the crowd into a indie-folksy mood, was Drew and the Medicinal Pen, a fantastic band who are about to head on... MORE »
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