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THIS WEEK ON ROOFTOP TV:
FOUND NEW YORK
(2/4/09 on MNN, Ch. 67 and www.mnn.org)
By Rooftop Films on 02/04/2009
Filed under: Rooftop News, Watch Short FilmsWed. 2/04/09, 9pm on MNN, Ch. 67 & www.mnn.org
Found New York
Sometimes odd aspects of New York's diversity intrude into your daily life--a falcon, a movie shoot, an anti-baby guerrilla art action on a public bus. (The companion episode to next week's Found New York.) Films: 
Bird Strikes (Chris Cassidy | Brooklyn | 7:00)
When technology and nature collide, Bob Leporati uses the ancient art of falconry to clear the runways of JFK.
Bodega (Casimir Nozkowski, Dallas Penn, Rafi Kam | Bronx | 4:00)
A humorous look at food culture in the South Bronx--"the poorest urban county in the country"--and the sociological effects of pork rinds and flavored "Quarter Water."
Buttons (Josh Safdie, Alex Kalman, Benny Safdie | New York | 9:00)
Josh, Benny and Alex roam the world with video cameras in hand, capturing loose, magical moments. They collect these instances like they are little buttons, so that is what they call them. Red Bucket's first feature film, The Pleasure of Being Robbed was selected for the 2008 Cannes Directors Fortnight and played at Rooftop Films in 2008.
There's Nothing You Can Do (Josh Safdie | New York | 3:58)
The next time you assume that guy on the bus is being a jerk, maybe you should take a closer look at the baby.
Rotating Mirror - Night Set (Gregory King | Brooklyn | 3:00)
A gorgeous film, set to music by Greg's band The Rachel's, which explores the unique visual poetry of the city, as a "Night Set" reinvents Greg's street and transforms his bedroom into a ghostly zoetrope.
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