Free movie night tonight, LaunchPad, Franklin Ave

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TONIGHT! In honor of World Refugee Day on June 20th, Kings County Cinema Society is showing three recent short films that deal with crossing borders and cultural dislocation – family-friendly fare with filmmakers present, at LaunchPad (out back if no rain, inside if weather's bad)

the films:

passTRESpass (Jill Woodward, 2010, 20min)

Abidjan (Alexander Etseyatse, 2010, 30min)

Bronx Princess (Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed, 2008, 38min)

In passTRESpass, a New York City-based modern dancer returns to her home country, Greece, and creates a community dance performance with refugees and immigrants – non-dancers from across Africa, as well as Afghanistan and Albania. The collaboration overcomes obstacles, bridges communities from four continents, and culminates in an experience that will touch their lives profoundly. In the US/Ivory Coast production Abidjan, a young soccer prodigy is taken on a remarkable journey to his homeland. And the award-winning documentary Bronx Princess follows headstrong 17-year-old teenager Rocky’s journey as she leaves behind her mother in NYC to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana. Filmed over the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, the film tells Rocky’s coming-of-age story. A great recent documentary that aired on PBS' POV program.

Filmmakers will be joining us to introduce their work.

Doors at 7:30, Films at 8:30.

721 Franklin Ave btw/ Park & Sterling Pl. 2/3/4/5 to Franklin Ave. Free. Bring your own snacks and drinks and blankets.

clips of the short films at our site:

kings county cinema society