The 3rd Annual Red Hook Film Festival
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As part of their film line-up, the organizers of the 3rd Annual Red Hook Film Festival are including Blue Barn Pictures's film on fellow blogger and friend Bob Guskind. Also included is the incredibly poignant "Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal" documentary.
The 2009, Red Hook International Film And Video Festival screenings
will take place on October 3rd & 4th at
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artist's Coalition's Screening Room,
499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Click here for Directions and Travel options to the Festival
At 1:00 p.m. | On The Gowanus |
Robert Guskind: 1958-2009 Directed by Blue Barn Pictures Documentary, 2009, color, 6:30 minutes A tribute to Robert Guskind - aka "Brooklyn's Blogfather" - who for many years published The Gowanus Lounge, a local news website that offered unique coverage of Brooklyn's many neighborhoods. This year's Red Hook Film Festival is dedicated to Robert Guskind, to The Gowanus Lounge, and to local storytelling. | |
Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal Directed by Alison Prete Documentary, 1999, color, 53 minutes A 10th anniversary screening of this classic Brooklyn documentary, which chronicles the gritty details of the decades-long struggle to clean up the Gowanus Canal. This film remains especially relevant today, as the Gowanus neighborhood faces a potential Superfund designation. What has changed on the canal - and what remains the same - in the ten years since this fascinating documentary was completed? |
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