Join is for a post-screening discussion with dancer – choreographers Myra Packer and Ze-eva Cohen, and choreographer/filmmaker Judy Lieff. A tribute to the unique art of legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in 2009. Wim Wenders’ tribute to Bausch and the dancers of the legendary … [Read more...]
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives (recently removed from office by a coup) brought democracy to his people only to be confronted with an even more difficult challenge: the extremely low-lying 1200 islands of the Maldives are in serious danger of becoming submerged in a rising ocean. Faced … [Read more...]
Meet the Filmmaker: Anne MacGregor. Comments via skype from Professor Pataricia Salkin, a nationally recognized land use and zoning expert; and a panel with RLUIPA expert Steven Silverburg, Esq. and John S. Marwell, an attorney specializing in representing clients appearing before planning and … [Read more...]
Meet the Filmmaker: Director Nancy Buirski. Panel (details coming soon) moderated by Phyllis Frank, Assistant Executive Director of VCS Inc. The story of two little-known heroes during the Civil Rights Era—Mildred and Richard Loving, whose interracial marriage was considered a crime in their … [Read more...]
Meet the Filmmakers: Producer/Director Jonathan Demme and Producer Daniel Wolff, in a discussion moderated by author James McBride. Within months of Hurricane Katrina, Jonathan Demme and Daniel Wolff began documenting New Orleans’ residents who were demanding their “right to return” to the … [Read more...]
Meet the Filmmakers: Producer/Director Barbara Kopple (two-time Oscar winner), Ellen Ratner and Ker Deng (subject of film and a participant from Sudan, respectively) and Producer Suzanne Mitchell. An inspiring portrait of journalist (Talk Radio News Service and Fox News) and philanthropist Ellen … [Read more...]
MEET THE FILMAKER: Director Cindy Meehl will be present for a post-film discussion. This “sleeper hit” documentary follows the real “Horse Whisperer”—the man who inspired Robert Redford’s popular film— from an abusive childhood to phenomenal success transforming both horses and … [Read more...]
Presented by Rivertown Film and Rockland Filmmakers. Discussion with Spencer Tunick moderated by Lynn Stein, Artistic Director at Rockland Center for the Arts America’s in for a nude awakening. Documentarian Arlene Nelson follows artist Spencer Tunick as he stages temporary, public … [Read more...]
POST-FILM DISCUSSION with Michael Balter, archeology/human evolution writer for Science, one of the world’s leading science magazines. Legendary director Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World) takes us deep inside the Chauvet cave of southern France to the … [Read more...]
A community screening of the award-winning documentary, "A Small Act," will be hosted by Maloto, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and women living in extreme poverty in northern Malawi. Sponsorship provided by Rivertown Film and Nyack High School's Students Opposing … [Read more...]
MEET THE FILMMAKERS: Post-film discussion with Rockland actor Bern Cohen and members of Nim’s first adoptive human family, moderated by New York Times “Science Times” editor David Corcoran. Oscar-winner James Marsh (Man on Wire) tells the story of Nim, the “subject” of a 1970’s … [Read more...]
STEEL EARTH Episode 1: “Auto Archaeology,” 10 minutes, 2009; Episode 2, “Dodge Coronet,” 17 minutes, 2010; Episode 3, “Tackamack Park,” 22 minutes, 2011; Produced & Directed by Jason Paris, made in Rockland County Tickets: $5, sold … [Read more...]
AFTER THE FILM, join a discussion of what makes Bill Cunningham so unique, with two guests who produced their own short profile of Cunningham over a decade ago: Amy Atkins (news anchor, correspondent, style & fashion specialist and former host of Fox Style News) and award-winning cinematographer … [Read more...]
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Writer/Director Kenneth Bowser will be interviewed by Declan Baldwin after the screening. A revealing biography of a conflicted truth-seeking troubadour who, with his guitar in hand, stood up for what he believed and challenged us all to do the same. Unyielding in his political … [Read more...]
Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary (2011). Join us afterward for "A Screenwriter's Perspective" with J.D. Zeik. Waste Land follows the journey of renowned artist Vik Muniz to the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, outside Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band … [Read more...]
Featuring a post-screening performance by The Male Chorus of The First Baptist Church of Spring Valley. The story of the American civil rights movement, told through the powerful music sung on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells. The infectious energy of these freedom songs, which … [Read more...]
DIG OUT AND COME ENJOY A GREAT EVENING. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED. After the film, join Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) in a discussion led by Francis Wilkinson (Executive Editor, The Week magazine). Gibney’s film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room was also … [Read more...]
An up-close and slightly queasy personal approach to the indomitable, motor-mouthed 77-year-old comedian. Ms. Rivers brandishes her deeply held hurts, fears, prejudices, and bad taste, making you howl with laughter or freeze up with horror. The filmmakers follow their frenetic, hard-working subject … [Read more...]
Timothy Englert, from the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and a Rockland County filmmaker, will present two short films by PIPC Media on the history of the Palisades Parks, from its beginnings more than a hundred years ago to its current success amidst economic uncertainty. There will be a … [Read more...]
Assembled from 300 hours of footage shot in Afghanistan over three years, this remarkable documentary follows several US National Guardsmen, the Afghan officers they worked with, and the new Afghan battalion to be trained. Their stories – of frustrations and friendship across cultural, political … [Read more...]
