We looked at the initial offerings of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space's (MoRUS) Women of the Lower East Side Film Fest last month. Here's a closer look at some of the lineup for the nine-day festival that begins tomorrow night. Find the complete schedule here. (There are screenings every night.) From the EVG inbox ...
Stories by and about women of the Lower East Side will appear on movie screens throughout the East Village in locations ranging from community gardens, The Anthology Film Archives and the recently opened Loisaida, Inc.
Friday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.
WHAT ABOUT ME, dir. Rachel Amodeo @ Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue off Second Street. (87 minutes)
Here's a scene filmed in Tompkins Square Park featuring Dee Dee Ramone ...
The Voice this week called the 1993 film "an essential, seedily romantic snapshot of Tompkins Square Park's pre-gentrified, tent-city wilderness."
Saturday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m.
YOUR DAY IS MY NIGHT, dir. Lynne Sachs @ Orchard Alley, 350 East 4th Street between Aves C and D. (filmmaker in attendance, 64 minutes)
Sunday, Aug. 3, 8 p.m.
SWEATSHOP CINDERELLA, dir. Suzanne Wasserman @ Orchard Alley, 350 East 4th Street between Aves. C and D. (filmmaker in attendance, 27 minutes)
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.
HUNGRY HEARTS, dir. E. Mason Hopper, La Plaza Cultural, Southwest Corner of 9th Street and Avenue C. (80 minutes)
Thursday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.
LES Biography Project, by Steve Zehentner and Penny Arcade (feat. Sarah Schulman and Carmen Pabon) La Plaza Cultural, Southwest Corner of 9th Street and Avenue C. (56 minutes)
Friday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.
VIA GEANME, dir. Sebastian Gutierrez and UMBRELLA HOUSE, dir. Catalina Santamaria @ El Jardin Paraiso, 5th Street between Avenues C and D. (26 minutes)
Saturday Aug. 9, 8 p.m.
BORN IN FLAMES, dir. Lizzie Borden, El Jardin Paraiso, 5th Street between Avenues C and D. (filmmaker in attendance, 80 minutes)
Admission to each individual screening is a suggested donation of $5, with the exception of the opening night screening of "What About Me," which is $10; $8 for students, seniors, & children (12 & under); $6 AFA member.
Find more info here at the MoRUS website.
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