Details on the first MoRUS film festival

The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is hosting its first film festival starting on Saturday.

Jackson Smith, who organized the event along with another volunteer, Byron Kaplan, shared some thoughts on the festival.

"The film fest was born from the idea to screen documentary films about housing and community gardening on the Lower East Side; films that resonate with the museum's mission of preserving the history of reclaimed space," he said. "Around this slate of films are titles seldom screened for the public. We rounded out the program with shorts and features that offer glimpses into a pre-gentrified Lower East Side."

Here is the rundown of films and shorts:

August 3: 25th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion Films! Sponsored by The Shadow, producers of the 25th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion Show.

Your House is Mine, Squat or Rot, and a Paper Tiger TV special on the demolition of the 5th Street squat.

Venue:
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
155 Avenue C

August 4: 25th Annual Tompkins Square Riot Reunion Films! Sponsored by The Sh@dow

Tompkins Square Park: Operation Class War on the Lower East Side and more!

Venue:
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
155 Avenue C

August 5: Not For Sale, directed by Yael Bitton

Venue:
La Plaza Cultural
Garden at Avenue C and 9th Street

August 6: L.E.S., directed by Coleen Fitzgibbon; B/Side, directed by Abigail Child; and Heart of Loisaida, directed by Marci Reaven and Beni Matias

Venue:
La Plaza Cultural
Garden at Avenue C and 9th Street

August 7: Featuring More Than Flowers, directed by Laura Beer; Loisaida, Avenue C, directed by Maeva Aubert; and a Paper Tiger TV special on the demolition of Esperanza Garden

Venue:
6B Garden
Avenue B and 6th Street

August 8: 7th Street, with filmmaker Josh Pais in attendance

Venue:
6B Garden
Avenue B and 6th Street

August 9:Landlord Blues, directed by Jacob Burckhardt

Venue:
Orchard Alley Garden
4th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D

August 10: No Picnic, directed by Phil Hartman

Venue:
Orchard Alley Garden
4th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D

There are a limited supply of all-access passes available for $20. The schedule and venues for 1st Annual MoRUS film fest were announced today by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS). Tickets for 8-day festival of films underscoring a theme of “reclaimed space” are available here and at The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C between 9th and 10th Streets. Tickets are available at the door for a suggested donation of $5 per film. Museum hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays through Sundays from 11 AM - 7 PM.

For all screenings, doors will open at 7:30 PM with films beginning at dusk. Selected screenings will feature discussions and Q&A with filmmakers and other speakers. Refreshments and popcorn will also be available

For more more info about each film here.