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MONDAY, JULY 20th
What: Live
from New York
Where: Nitehawk
Cinema - 136 Metropolitan Ave (Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Time: 7:30
PM
Ticket Price:
$15 - Tickets can be purchased here
Run Time:
82 minutes
Director: Bao
Nguyen
Starring: Alec
Baldwin, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, Chevy Chase, Candice Bergen,
Tom Brokaw
Age Policy: 18
and Up
Note: Q&A
following the screening with Director Bao Nguyen and
Producers JL Pomeroy and Tom Broecker, moderated by Alex
Hannibal (Manager of Documentary Programming, Tribeca Film
Institute). Introduction
by Caryn Coleman, Senior Film Programmer, Nitehawk Cinema.
Synopsis: A
New York institution and comedy powerhouse, 'Saturday Night
Live' has been reflecting and influencing life in the United
States for 40 years. 'Live From New York!' Saturday Night
Live has been reflecting and influencing the American Story
for 40 years. Live From New York! explores the show's early
years, an experiment from a young Lorne Michaels and his
cast of unknowns, and follows its evolution into a comedy
institution. The film looks at SNL as a living time capsule,
encompassing decades of American politics, media, tragedy,
and popular culture with an irreverent edge. goes deep
inside this cultural phenomenon exploring the laughter that
pulses through American politics, tragedy and popular
culture. Archival footage is interwoven with stolen moments
and exclusive commentary from SNL legends, journalists,
hosts, musical guests, crew and others influenced by the
comedy giant. Live From New York! captures what has enabled
SNL to continually refresh itself over nearly 800 episodes
and keep America laughing for 40 years.
TUESDAY, JULY 21st
What: (T)ERROR
Where: Nitehawk
Cinema - 136 Metropolitan Ave (Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Time: 7:30
PM
Ticket Price:
$15 - Tickets can be purchased here
Run Time:
84 minutes
Director: Lyric
R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Starring: Saeed
Age Policy: 18
and Up
Note: Q&A
following the screening with Co-Director David Felix
Sutcliffe and Cara Cusumano (Senior Film Programmer, Tribeca
Film Festival).
Synopsis: (T)ERROR
is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground
during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation.
Through the perspective of Saeed 'Shariff' Torres, a
63-year-old Black revolutionary turned informant, viewers
get an unfettered glimpse of the government's
counterterrorism tactics and the murky justifications behind
them. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film
Festival, (T)ERROR follows a 63-year-old FBI informant from
Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on an assignment to befriend a
suspected Taliban sympathizer. Yet first-time filmmaking
team Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe soon conducts
an investigation of its own. Without notifying their subject
or the FBI, they interview the suspect and set the
statements of the watched against the opinions of the
watchers, until that inevitable moment when the Feds decide
how to act on their information. A rare inside look at FBI
undercover tactics in progress, (T)ERROR offers a
thought-provoking analysis of the FBI as crime stoppers
rather than investigators in post-9/11 America. Cabral and
Sutcliffe create an impressive and courageous documentary
that underlines the troubling results of an all-anti-terror
mandate: a reliance on past offenders for access and new
agents, a growing tendency to equate suspicion with guilt, a
scandal-driven press, and methods that stretch the
definition of entrapment. Intense and intricately crafted, (T)ERROR
explores just how far we are going to prevent terror and
exactly what liberties we are sacrificing to get there.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd
What: Very
Semi-Serious
Where: Nitehawk
Cinema - 136 Metropolitan Ave (Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Time: 7:30
PM
Ticket Price:
$15 - Tickets can be purchased here
Run Time:
83 minutes
Director: Leah
Wolchok
Starring: Bob
Mankoff, Roz Chast, Mort Gerberg, Liana Finck, Emily Flake,
Zach Kanin.
Age Policy: 18
and Up
Note: Q&A
following the screening with Executive Producer Deborah
Shaffer and graphic novelist Liana Finck, moderated by Jose
Rodriguez (Director of Documentary Programming, Tribeca Film
Institute).
Synopsis: The
New Yorker is the undisputed standard bearer of the single
panel cartoon. Whether they leave us amused, inspired, or
even a little baffled, the iconic cartoons have become an
instantly recognizable cultural touchstone over the past 90
years. With Very Semi-Serious, viewers get an unprecedented
glimpse into the process behind the cartoons. Legends Roz
Chast and Mort Gerberg submit their work alongside hopefuls
like graphic novelist Liana Finck. While on the other side
of the desk, Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff sifts through
hundreds of submissions every week to bring readers a
carefully curated selection of insightful and humorous work,
striving to nurture new talent and represent the magazine's
old guard, while also considering how his industry must
evolve to stay relevant. Leah Wolchok's light-hearted and
sometimes poignant debut film offers a window into The New
Yorker's signature brand of subtle, contemplative humor, and
perhaps also onto what it means to laugh at ourselves. |