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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 Films

Wed. 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... MORE »

INTERVIEW WITH DALLAS PENN,
CO-WRITER AND STAR OF "CHECKMATE"

By Rooftop Films on 11/26/2008
Filed under: Comedy, Rooftop Filmmakers, Watch Short Films

Checkmate (Casimir Nozkowski, Dallas Penn, Rafi Kam | New York City | 9:43)Why are there always jewelry stores next to check-cashing spots? Why is there only 1 bank per 50,000 people living in Bushwick? Q&A Rooftop Films: Tell us about your film Dallas Penn: Checkmate was a video we developed as a response from one of our viewers who after viewing our film 'Bodega' asked us to make a film about another one of the center city's ubiquitous retail locations - the check cashing store RF: What was your inspiration? DP: SInce Rafi and I had used check cashing stores... MORE »

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