
Battle For Brooklyn
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 6:00 pmBrooklyn filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley present their controversial new documentary, BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN. The film is an intensely intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by owners and residents over the controversial Atlantic Yards project. More...
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One Night Stand
Sunday, March 13, 2011, 6:00 pmFilmmakers Trish Dalton & Elisabeth Sperling introduce a rough cut of their entertaining documentary. ONE NIGHT STAND is an intimate, behind-the-scenes journey from the blank page to the live stage. More...
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Reno Finds Her Mom
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 7:00 pmRENO FINDS HER MOM follows oddball comedian and political screamer Reno through her real life search to find the birth mother who abandoned her as an infant. Reno will be in attendance to introduce the seminal HBO specials as well as for a post-screening Q & A. More...
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LMAO: A Night of Funny Short Films
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 7:00 pmA night of shorts with contributions by Kyle Bell, Danielle Katvan, Kaz Phillips & others. More...
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The Kids Grow Up
Sunday, April 24, 2011, 6:00 pmDirector Doug Block will be present for a post screening Q & A of his recent film. THE KIDS GROW UP chronicles Lucy’s emotionally-fraught last year at home before leaving for college; a poignant look at parenting and what it means to let go. More...
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Backseat
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 6:00 pmDirector Bruce Van Dusen will introduce his 2005 indie comedy & participate in a post screening Q & A. In BACKSEAT, a 'coming of age late' story about prolonged adolescence, 2 old friends flee NYC on a road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland. More...
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The Windmill Movie
Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:00 pmFIlmmaker Alexander Olch will be in attendance for a post-screening Q & A. Writing in his teacher’s voice, working with with Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban, and Richard’s wife Susan Meiselas – Olch steps into his mentor’s shoes and his past – to make a film that was impossible to make. More...
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Miss Gulag
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 5:00 pmDirector Maria Ibrahimova joins producers Raphaela Neihausen & Irina Vodar for screening & DVD release party. Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of a Siberian prison camp emerges a complex narrative of the lives of the 1st generation of women to come of age in Post-Soviet Russia. More...
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Excuse Me, Mr. Speaker
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 6:00 pmDirector Justin Sullivan & Paul Newell to be present for post-screening Q & A. Progressive Paul Newell draws a plan to make his first run for public office: to challenge the most powerful politician in New York State, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. More...
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From Texas to Tehran [rough cut]
Sunday, June 5, 2011, 3:00 pmFilmmaker Till Schauder presents a rough cut of his new documentary, FROM TEXAS TO TEHRAN (working title). Till and other key members from the film will be available for a post-screening feedback session. More...
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Still Bill
Sunday, June 12, 2011, 6:00 pmFilmmakers Damani Baker and Alex Vlack follow Withers and offer a unique and rare look inside the world of this fascinating man. Both will be available for a post-screening Q & A. More...
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An Evening of Neon Animation
Sunday, June 26, 2011, 6:00 pmJack Feldstein is an award-winning scriptwriter and neon animation filmmaker. Jack's trademark style is the neonizing of a combination of live action video recording and public domain material, particularly cartoons. More...
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Ten Stories Tall
Sunday, July 10, 2011, 6:00 pmDirector David Garrett will be in attendance for a Q & A. When best friend Anna Hollister dies, Grace Parker confesses to their lifelong affair. The revelation strikes at the core of the friendship of the two families. Starring Ally Sheedy, Josh Hamilton, & Jim Gaffigan. More...
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The Naturalized
Sunday, July 17, 2011, 6:00 pmProduced and directed by Aaron Lubarsky & Executive produced by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, THE NATURALIZED weaves together the lives of people from different countries who share a quest for citizenship by choice, not birthright. FIlmmaker in attendance for Q&A. A short, Almaz, will precede the feature. More...
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My Effortless Brilliance
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 6:00 pmMusician/Actor/Filmmaker Sean Nelson (THE FREEBIE, TREATMENT) in person to introduce the 2008 Lynn Shelton comedy. The film will be preceded with a short film directed by Ben Kasulke. More...
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SPECIAL FILMWAX SCREENING & LIVE PERFORMANCE: Reno - Rebel Without a Pause
Sunday, September 11, 2011, 6:00 pmTo commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragedy on September 11, 2001, filmwax will be screening the 1-woman show RENO: REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE directed by Nancy Savoca followed by a rare live performance by Reno. More...
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Skid Row
Friday, September 16, 2011, 7:00 pmIn the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel - one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fugees - lives on the streets of Skid Row for nine straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras. Pras and Producer Rob Wisdom will be part of a post-screening Q&A. More...
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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 5:00 pmEmily Kunstler will introduce the documentary she made with sister Sarah about their Dad, activist/lawyer, Bill Kunstler. DVDs for sale. End of the filmwax summer season. No admission. More...
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FILMWAX FALL SEASON OPENER: Strongman
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 6:00 pmIn anticipation of its theatrical run at The Brooklyn Heights Cinema starting Friday, September 23rd, filmwax is proud to screen Zachary Levy's STRONGMAN as its Fall 2011 opener. Levy will be available for a post-screening Q&A. More...
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Battle For Brooklyn
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 7:00 pmBrooklyn filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley present their documentary, BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN. City Council Member Letitia James to participate in post-screening panel along with film subject, activist Daniel Goldstein. More...
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A Lot Like You
Sunday, October 2, 2011, 6:00 pmFilmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro will be present to introduce her documentary, A LOT LIKE YOU. Eli reaches back through her childhood to her parent's own coming together, to tell this most loving and personal story about identity and More...
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Septien [DVD release party]
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 6:00 pmParty down red-neck style with various cast & crew of SEPTIEN, plus other sundry local filmmakers & unsavory types. Michael Tully’s SEPTIEN follows Cornelius Rawlings who returns to his family’s farm eighteen years after disappearing without a trace. We'll be serving Rawlings PBRs and showing Onur Tukel's making-of documentary LAND OF BAD IDEAS. DVDs will be available for purchase. More...
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Super, Girls!
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 6:00 pmThe first in a series of screenings in partnership with dGenerate Films, we are proud to screen Jian Yi's outrageously funny SUPER, GIRLS! (Chao Ji Nu Sheng) which follows 10 female teenagers on their quest to become instant superstars on China’s biggest television show. Guest speaker, founder of The NY Asian Film Festival, Grady Hendrix. More...
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Little Moth
Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:00 pmThe 2nd of a 2 films in partnership with dGenerate Films, we are proud to screen Peng Tao's LITTLE MOTH (Xue Chan). When an impoverished country couple adopts a crippled young girl and puts her to work begging on city streets, a battle soon ensues over her fate. Special Guest: writer & filmmaker, Maya Rudolph. More...
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Putty Hill/Hamilton DVD Release Party & Screening
Friday, November 4, 2011, 8:00 pmJoin Director Matthew Porterfield & Filmwax for a DVD release party of PUTTY HILL & HAMILTON. DVDs of Cinema Guild's new 2-disc package of these 2 indie classics will be available for purchase. But come on out for the party! We'll be screening HAMILTON. More...
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House Devil, Street Angel — Rough Cut Screening & Fundraiser
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 6:00 pmJoin Filmwax's Adam Schartoff for a rough cut screening and Kickstarter Fundraiser for Fivel Rothberg's HOUSE DEVIL, STREET ANGEL: A PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY. More...
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Following Sean
Sunday, November 20, 2011, 6:00 pmFilmwax's Adam Schartoff welcomes FIlmmaker Ralph Arlyck for a screening of his seminal film, FOLLOWING SEAN. Arlyck returns to the SF 30 years later to find out what ever happened to the precocious young boy who lived upstairs and whom he filmed all those years ago. More...
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Trouble The Water
Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:30 pmJoin Brooklyn filmmaking couple Tia Lessin & Carl Deal for their seminal Katrina documentary. It's a film you will never forget. After the Q&A we will adjourn to Hot Bird to continue an informal dialogue about the film. More...
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Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy)
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 6:00 pmIn 2007 The Sadowskys of Long Island adopted 8-yr old Fang Sui Yong from China. From the very first moment Sui Yong meets her new mother, we get a real sense of the emotional confusion Sui Yong experiences, as adoption workers translate their 1st words of communication. Join Filmwax's Adam Schartoff & filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal for this unforgettable documentary. More...
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Daddy Longlegs [DVD Release Party]
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8:00 pmPlease join filmmakers Ben Safdie & Josh Safdie, Filmwax's Adam Schartoff and KimStim for the DVD release party of the award-winning indie comedy DADDY LONGLEGS. More...
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Gabi On The Roof In July
Sunday, December 18, 2011, 6:00 pmJoin the cast of GABI ON THE ROOF IN JULY for this special screening for one of the best indie films to come out of New York in ages. More...
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Karla's Arrival
Sunday, January 8, 2012, 6:00 pmKoen Suidgeest's documentary KARLA'S ARRIVAL follows 19-year old mother Sujeylin Aguilar and baby Karla, who live as part of a group of kids in a small park in Managua (Nicaragua), as they struggle through the first year of the child's life. The story starts three months before Karla's birth and ends around her first birthday. More...
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Glitch in the Grid
Friday, January 13, 2012, 7:00 pmJoin Filmwax's Adam Schartoff and filmmaking brothers Eric & Jeff Leiser for the Brooklyn premiere of their film, GLITCH IN THE GRID. Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal. More...
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Sneak Preview Screening: No Regrets, But...
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 6:00 pmJoin Filmwax's Adam Schartoff and filmmaker Heather Freudenthal for a sneak prevoew of her documentary, NO REGRETS, BUT... The film explores the experiences of 4 young women transitioning into adulthood. More...
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Mad Hot Ballroom
Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:30 pmJoin filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo for a special screening of her 2005 award-winning film, MAD HOT BALLROOM, the story of NYC public school 11-year kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing. We'll have a Q&A with the filmmaker following the screening. More...
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The Pass It On Project
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 6:00 pmMelissa Nicolardi & Kalim Armstrong's documentary follows a group of Brooklyn 8th-graders on a trip to the sites of the Civil Rights Movement. Told through the eyes of the students & teachers, this coming-of-age story explores issues of education, race, and social justice through characters that span 3 generations. More...
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ReelAbilities Film Festival: Girlfriend
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:00 pmEvan, a young man with Down Syndrome, lives with his mother in a working-class town hit hard by the recent economic recession. When he unexpectedly comes into a large amount of money, Evan uses it to romantically pursue Candy, a girl he has loved since high school. GIRLFRIEND won the 2011 Gotham Awards Audience Award. More...
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ReelAbilities Film Festival: Defining Beauty
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6:00 pmThe vibrant lives of five women with disabilities on their journey to the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, where the concept of beauty is defined through the lens of advocacy & perseverance. More...
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reRun/Filmwax Tiny Furniture screening & DVD Party
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 pmIn celebration of the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray release of TINY FURNITURE, reRun Gastropub Theater will be presenting a free screening of the hit indie comedy followed by a Q&A and a Skype session with filmmaker/actress Lena Dunham. Filmwax will co-present an after-party in honor of the occasion. Various cast & crew expected. More...
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ReelAbilities Film Festival: Body and Soul
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 6:00 pmThe amazing story of 3 young Mozambicans with physical disabilities, who work to help others in their community. Their daily lives reveal how they see themselves, raising questions on self-acceptance and how to find one’s place in society. More...
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Racing Dreams
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6:30 pmFilmwax is proud to screen Marshsall Curry's contemporary classic documentary, RACING DREAMS, in tandem with POV's February 23rd television broadcast. RACING DREAMS is the award winning coming-of-age story about three kids who dream of one day racing in NASCAR. Filmmaker in attendance. More...
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Made in Brooklyn
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 7:30 pmJoin Athena Georgiadis & FIlmwax's Adam Schartoff as they welcome filmmaker Isabel Hill for a special screening of MADE FOR BROOKLYN. More...
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Moving Midway
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 6:00 pmWhen New York film critic Godfrey Cheshire returns home to North Carolina in early 2004 and hears that his cousin Charlie Silver plans to uproot and move the buildings of Midway Plantation, their family’s ancestral home, an extraordinary, emotional journey begins. More...
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Kati With An I
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 5:00 pmKATI WITH AN I is an intimate documentary portrait of Kati, a teenage girl in Alabama, about to graduate high school. The film captures her moment-by-moment emotional transformation over the course of three tumultuous days that leave her future in doubt. More...
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The Great Chicken Wing Hunt
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 6:00 pmFilmwax is pleased to host a rough-cut fundraiser party for Matt Reynolds' highly entertaining documentary, THE GREAT CHICKEN WING HUNT. Matt, various cast & crew are expected, as well as folks from the NYC Wing Tour, making this an official stop on their search for the best wings. More...
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Half-Cocked [A RUMUR Film]
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 8:30 pmJoin filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley for a 35mm-projected retrospective of RUMUR films beginning with HALF-COCKED. This series is co-presented by Rooftop Films & Filmwax. More...
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Radiation [A RUMUR Film]
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 8:30 pmJoin filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley for a 35mm-projected retrospective of RUMUR films continuing with HALF-COCKED, their 1999 hit film. This series is co-presented by Rooftop Films & Filmwax. More...
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Anomaly
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7:00 pmANOMALY is an award-winning documentary that provides a thought-provoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American culture. The screening will be followed by a live musical set by singer-songwriter & ANOMALY subject, Gabriella Callender. More...
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Horns and Halos [A RUMUR Film]
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 8:30 pmJoin filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley for a 35mm-projected retrospective of RUMUR films continuing with HORNS AND HALOS. This series is co-presented by Rooftop Films & Filmwax. More...
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The Subway Film Series
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:00 pmFilmwax is proud to present Jack Feldstein's curated series of short films, The Subway Poetry Film series. Having recently debuted at the Queens World Film Festival, these films by New York filmmakers —most of whom are expected to be present— are interpretations of 6 poems on the subject of the New York subway. More...
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I'm Not Me
Monday, May 21, 2012, 8:00 pmSeating at 7:30 / Screening at 8 — $4 beer drink special. Filmwax has partnered with the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) for a special series of films by emerging filmmakers. I'M NOT ME tells the story of Josh, a young man, who struggles with the death of his wife. Filmmakers Rodrigo Lopresti & Zak Mulligan will be in attendance. $4 beer drink special. More...
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Short Films by Noelia Santos
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:00 pmFilmmaker Noelia Santos presents two of her short films and a work-in-progress. These works blend narrative storytelling with nonfiction approaches (especially with regard to location shooting) and a highly cinematic visual sense. More...
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Hello Lonesome DVD Release Party
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:00 pmIn celebration of the Film Movement release of filmmaker Adam Reid's Spirit award nominated film, HELLO LONESOME, Filmwax is proud to host a party in the film's honor. Join various member of the cast & crew for a what will inevitably be a most memorable evening. More...
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Code 33 [A RUMUR Film]
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 8:30 pmJoin filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley for a 35mm-projected retrospective of RUMUR films continuing with CODE 33. This series is co-presented by Rooftop Films & Filmwax. More...
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Battle for Brooklyn [A RUMUR Film]
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 8:30 pmJoin filmmakers Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley for a 35mm-projected retrospective of RUMUR films closing with their award-winning documentary BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN. This series is co-presented by Rooftop Films & Filmwax. More...
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My Perestroika DVD Release Party
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 5:00 pmA DVD release party for the acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Robin Hessman, co-hosted by Filmwax & The Kings County Cinema Society. More...
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Sons of Perdition
Monday, June 18, 2012, 8:00 pmIn the desert of Utah hides Colorado City, the oldest polygamist compound in the United States. Here men have plural wives and raise their children by the strict code of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint religion (FLDS). Filmwax is proud to be curating a monthly screening at the popular night spot, Franklin Park, on 3rd Mondays. More...
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Filmwax at Northside Festival: PUPPET
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 8:00 pmIn the Filmwax block of the Northside Festival, we'll be screening Andrew Ellis' short documentary, "Figure Father", which was recently the March 2012 runner-up in Hammer to Nail's shorts contest. This will be followed by David Soll's feature documentary, PUPPET, a hit at DOC NYC 2010. Filmmakers & special guests will be in attendance. More...
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Wild Style [A Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Event]
Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 8:15 pmOn Tuesday, July 10th, Filmwax will be a co-presenter at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival and will feature screenings of Wild Style (1983) and Big Fun in The Big Town (1986) at the Brooklyn Central Library Dweck Auditorium at Grand Army Plaza. More...
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Some Guy Who Kills People screening & DVD release party
Monday, July 16, 2012, 8:00 pmPlease join, Franklin Park, Filmwax and Anchor Bay for a screening & DVD Release Party for the hit dark comedy, SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE. Actor Kevin Corrigan to appear! More...
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My Brooklyn [Brooklyn Reconstructed]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 7:00 pmWith the screening of Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean's MY BROOKLYN, Filmwax launches a new monthly series, BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED. Each film will deal with the themes of gentrification & development in Brooklyn. More...
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I'm Carolyn Parker [A POV Event]
Thursday, July 26, 2012, 7:00 pmFilmwax is proud to co-present several screenings with POV this summer at The Brooklyn Museum. Jonathan Demme's new documentary, CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL, is the first of 3 screenings. More...
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Brute Force / Winnebago Man [Docularious!]
Sunday, August 19, 2012, 4:00 pmDo me a kindness & come to the launching of the new Filmwax bi-monthly microseries: DOCULARIOUS! at the Harlem institution, Maysles Cinema. We begin with Ben Steinbauer's short BRUTE FORCE & his hit feature, WINNEBAGO MAN. Followed by a live musical performance. More...
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Give Up Tomorrow [A POV Event]
Thursday, August 23, 2012, 7:00 pmWhen a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the corruption of the country's entire judicial system is exposed. Part of a series of pre-broadcast screenings of by POV and Filmwax. More...
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The Domino Effect [Brooklyn Reconstructed]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 7:00 pmWith the screening of Megan Sperry, Daniel Phelps & Brian Paul's THE DOMINO EFFECT, Filmwax continues its monthly series BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED. Each film in the series deals with the themes of gentrification & development in Brooklyn. Within those themes is a conversation about race & class in a city undergoing a startling transformation. More...
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Reportero [A POV Event]
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7:00 pmREPORTERO follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for members of the media. More...
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Battle for Brooklyn [Brooklyn Reconstructed]
Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 7:00 pmCouncil Member Tish James to Introduce the screening. With the Barclays Center set to open 2 days later on 9/28, this screening of BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN is all the more poignant. Each film in the BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED series deals with the themes of gentrification & development in Brooklyn. Within those themes is a conversation about race & class in a city undergoing a startling transformation. More...
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Brooklyn Castle [Sneak Preview]
Saturday, September 29, 2012, 10:00 pmBROOKLYN CASTLE is a documentary about I.S. 318, an inner-city public school that's home to the most winning junior high school chess team in the country. Filmwax is hosting this special sneak preview in anticipation of its Oct. 19 release. More...
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KATI WITH AN I [DVD Release Party]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 9:00 pmJoin Robert Greene, Sean Price Williams and the filmmaking team behind the Gotham Awards-nominated KATI WITH AN I to celebrate the DVD release! More...
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Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
Monday, October 22, 2012, 7:30 pmJoin filmmakers Alex Hammond & Ian Markiewicz for the Filmwax screening of their fascinating documentary —we won't call it a rock doc— BETTER THAN SOMETHING: JAY REATARD. Doors open at 6:45 / Screening at 7:30. More...
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The Vanishing City [Brooklyn Reconstructed]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 7:00 pmWith the screening of Jen Senko & Fiore DeRosa's film THE VANISHING CITY, Filmwax continues its monthly series BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED. Special guests include the filmmakers, Dave Mulkins (Activist/Bowery Alliance of Neighbors), & Nellie Hester Bailey (Human Rights Activist). More...
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Made in Brooklyn [BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED]
Sunday, November 18, 2012, 7:00 pmWith the screening of Isabel Hilll's MADE IN BROOKLYN, Filmwax continues the monthly series BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED. Each film in the series will deal with the themes of gentrification & development in Brooklyn. Within those themes is a conversation about race & class in a city undergoing a startling transformation. More...
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IFP & Filmwax Present: SAHKANAGA
Friday, December 7, 2012, 7:30 pmIFP & Filmwax are pleased to present John Henry Summerour's striking feature film debut, SAHKANAGA. In attendance for most screenings. More...
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Brave New York & Radioactive City with Richard Sandler
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 7:30 pmUnionDocs & Filmwax present an evening with still & moving images of a true experimental artist, Richard Sandler. Sandler will be in attendance for discussion along with filmmaker/curator Peter Buntaine (The Experiment). More...
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Gut Renovation [Brooklyn Reconstructed]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 7:00 pmFilmwax is proud to screen a sneak preview of Su Friedrich's GUT RENOVATION, Filmwax's latest entry in its monthly series BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED. Each film in the series deals with the themes of gentrification & development in Brooklyn. More...
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work [DOCULARIOUS!]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 7:30 pmFilmwax's series DOCULARIOUS! continues at The Maysles Cinema with the 2010 documentary JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK directed by Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg. Ms. Stern & others from the film will be present. A joke/shtick contest will follow the Q&A with a DVD giveaway. More...
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Last Summer at Coney Island [BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED]
Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 7:00 pmThe popular Filmwax series, BROOKLYN RECONSTRUCTED, continues with J.L. Arson's striking documentary about changing times in the birthplace of amusement. More...
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IFP & Filmwax Present: MY BROOKLYN
Friday, January 25, 2013, 6:30 pmIFP & Filmwax proudly present an extended run of Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean's award-winning documentary, MY BROOKLYN, from 1/25 — 2/3 (except Friday, 2/1). More...
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20th Anniversary Screening of Brother's Keeper
Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7:00 pmPlease join Filmwax & IFC Films for a very special 20th anniversary screening of Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky's film, BROTHER'S KEEPER. Both filmmakers will be present for a post-screening Q&A. More...
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WHY WE LAUGH [DOCULARIOUS!]
Saturday, February 9, 2013, 7:30 pmA documentary about the history of black comedians, WHY WE LAUGH is the next entry in Filmwax's DOCULARIOUS! series. The screening will be preceded with some stand up by comedian Marc Theobald. More...
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IFP & Filmwax Present: MY BROOKLYN
Friday, March 8, 2013, 7:00 pmIFP & Filmwax proudly present another week screening Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean's award-winning documentary, MY BROOKLYN, from 3/8 — 3/14. More...
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Daggawood Films & Filmwax Present NELL & THE BELL Fundraiser
Thursday, April 4, 2013, 7:00 pmCome out to our favorite Brooklyn watering hole to support the Nell & The Bell Movie! Your purchase of a ticket allows you unlimited beer, wine, and a delicious selection of food from BK's finest restaurants! More...
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IFP, Slamdance & FIlmwax Present: STRANGER THINGS
Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:30 pmSTRANGER THINGS – the debut feature by Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal – will have its theatrical debut in New York City, April 5-11 at reRun Theater, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), Filmwax and the Slamdance Film Festival. More...
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WALK AWAY RENEE DVD RELEASE PARTY
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 8:00 pmPlease join Filmwax & filmmaker Jonathan Caouette in celebrating the release of his festival hit documentary, WALK AWAY RENEE. More...
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A TEACHER Screening & After Party
Monday, June 17, 2013, 7:00 pmOscilloscope & FIlmwax are pleased to present the New York premiere of Hannah Fidell's Sundance Film Festival hit, A TEACHER. The screening will take place opening night of the Northside Film Festival and will be followed by a party. More...
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