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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... MORE »
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THIS WEEK ON ROOFTOP TV:
LOST NEW YORK
(1/28/09 on MNN, Ch. 67 and www.mnn.org)
By Rooftop Films on 01/28/2009
Filed under: Rooftop NewsWed. 1/28/09, 9pm on MNN, Ch. 67 & www.mnn.org Lost New York The city reveals its secrets in little pockets of forgotten cultures, abandoned caverns, and ubiquitous hovels we try to ignore. (The companion episode to next week's Found New York.) Films: Checkmate (Casimir Nozkowski, Dallas Penn, Rafi Kam | Brooklyn | 08:00) Why are there always jewelry stores next to check-cashing spots? Why is there only 1 bank per 50,000 people living in Bushwick? Is it actually fun to make it rain on the streets of Brooklyn with real dollar bills? Dallas and Rafi take us around check-cashing joints... MORE »
THIS WEEK ON ROOFTOP TV:
COMING APART AT THE SEAMS
(1/21/09 on MNN, Ch. 67 and www.mnn.org)
By Rooftop Films on 01/21/2009
Filed under: Rooftop Filmmakers, Rooftop News, Watch Short FilmsWed. 1/21/09, 9pm on MNN, Ch. 67 & www.mnn.org Coming Apart at the Seams A desperately romantic and wondrously deadly show about mending broken bones with tin and stitching broken hearts with shattered glass. Films: Carlin (Brent Green | Schuylkill Haven, PA | 7:00) "My Aunt Carlin moved in with us when I was a kid. She had diabetes and really wanted to die. She didn't think she'd ever die. I was pretty sure she would." Carlin was shot in stop-motion, with life-sized wooden characters and taxidermied chickens, in the farmhouse Brent Green grew up in. Take My Life Please... MORE »
THIS WEEK ON ROOFTOP TV:
STRANGE CREATURES
(1/14/09 on MNN, Ch. 67 and www.mnn.org)
By Rooftop Films on 01/14/2009
Filed under: Rooftop News, Watch Short FilmsWed. 1/14/09, 9pm on MNN, Ch. 67 & www.mnn.org Strange Creatures They're small. They're sweet. They're mysterious. They might kill you, convert you to communism, or just heckle your orange juice. Films: A Catalogue of Anticipations (David Patrick Lowery | USA | 5:00) An ominous fable about a young girl and her collection of dead things. Puppet (Patrick Smith | New York | 7:00) A young man fabricates a simple sock puppet, not knowing the abuse the entity will soon inflict upon its creator. Through an escalating series of torture, the possessed puppet takes on the embodiment of fear, chaos,... MORE »
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NEW SEASON STARTS CHRISTMAS EVE!
Episodes Wednesdays, 9pm, from 12/24/08-3/18/09
By Rooftop Films on 12/23/2008
ROOFTOP TV New Season Starts Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve Episodes Wednesdays, 9pm, from 12/24/08-3/18/09 On MNN Ch. 67, and streaming live at www.mnn.org Every winter, Rooftop Films moves indoors for the cooler months, and teams up with Manhattan Neighborhood Network to put our brand of daring short films in a place you're not likely to see them: on TV. Rooftop is known for showing films in unusual places, and with the type of unique and rarely-seen independent short films we've got, TV is an unusual place. Every Wednesday night from December 24 through March 18 you'll be able... MORE »
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