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  • Reed Society Workshop | The Art of Illumination with Behnaz Karjoo | 15 Sep. 2024

    The Art of Illumination with Behnaz Karjoo
    10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Admission/Tuition $150 (100% proceeds goes to the Artist) | Lunch provided
    Organized by The Reed Society

     

    Delve into the world of illumination with the talented artist Behnaz Karjoo. Discover the magic of light and shadow as Behnaz shares her unique techniques and insights into the art of illumination. This in-person workshop promises to be a feast for the eyes and a source of inspiration for all art enthusiasts. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness creativity in action!

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Poetic Portraits | 19 Jul. 2024

    Rooftop and Courtyard of The Old American Can Factory  |  Rain Date 7/21/24

     

    Multiple directors | Program runs appx 90 min

    Join us for a beguiling night of docu-shorts that explore the depths of the human experience. Wade into the waters of Toni Morrison’s prolific prose, look behind the curtain of an emotional day at a medical center, and undergo a week-long boot camp for girls in Copenhagen. Dually immersive and challenging, let yourself fall in and out of the worlds depicted by these exceptionally poetic filmmakers.

  • FILM | ROOFTOP FILMS | MY FIRST FILM | 20 Jun. 2024

    Roof and Courtyard of The Old American Can Factory  | Rain Date Sun 6/21/24

    8:00 PM Doors Open  |  8:30 PM Live Music from Raia Was  |  9:00 PM Film Begins
    10:30 PM Q&A with filmmaker Zia Anger  |  10:45 PM After party sponsored by Ketel One Vodka

     

    Directed by Zia Anger | US | 100 min
    Following the success of Anger’s 2019 multimedia performance of the same name, My First Film marks a return to the ground zero of Anger’s artistic development: her lost film, Always All Ways, Anne Marie, which she worked on from 2010 to 2012. In a departure from the performance’s screen-shared visuals and typed-out inner monologue, Anger’s feature debut is a dramatization of that disastrous shoot and its untold truths; an auto fictional nesting doll. Nearly 15 years later, Vita (Odessa Young), recounts making her first feature – a semi-autobiographical film about a young woman who gets pregnant and decides to leave home, starring her friend Dina (Devon Ross). Being an enthusiastic but inexperienced filmmaker, the shoot is chaotic, and Vita’s ego-tripping methods cause a near-death accident. As Vita’s “first film” falls apart, Anger stages a lyrical self-critique that probes the nature of artistic truth and personal mythmaking, all while upending the strictures of traditional memoir. Courtesy of MUBI.

     

    https://rooftopfilms.com/event/my-first-film/

  • Film | Rooftop Films | War Game | 30 May. 2024

    Roof of The Old American Can Factory

    Directed by Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss | US | 94 min

    War Game sweeps audiences into an elaborate future-set simulation that dramatically escalates the threat posed by the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The film follows a bipartisan group of US defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations as they participate in an unscripted role-play exercise. Portraying a fictional President of the United States and his advisors, they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the US military in the wake of a contested 2024 presidential election. Like actors in a thriller, but with profound real-world stakes, the players have only six hours to save American democracy.

    https://rooftopfilms.com/event/rooftop-selects-war-game/

  • Film | Infiltrators by Khaled Jarrar | 11 Mar. 2024

    Directed by Khaled Jarrar | Palestine, UAE, Lebanon | 72 min

    Infiltrators is a visceral “road movie” that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers.

    Following this high stakes “game” of cat and mouse with a handheld video camera, Khaled Jarrarʼs debut documentary was the standout success at the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival, winning the Muhr Arab Documentary Prize, the Special Jury Prize, and the International Critics Prize.

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Scrapper + Puffling | 4 Aug. 2023

    Courtyard and Roof of The Old American Can Factory | Live music before screening

    Scrapper | by Charlotte Regan | US | 84 min

    Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Kino Lorber.

    Puffling | by Jessica Bishopp | United Kingdom, Iceland | 20 min

    On a remote island off the coast of Iceland, teenagers Birta and Selma take it upon themselves to counteract humanity’s damaging impact on nature; exchanging night-time parties for nocturnal puffin rescues, in a coming-of-age story for young adults and puffins alike.

     

    Details & Tickets:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | The Last Year of Darkness | 30 Jul. 2023

    Courtyard and Roof of The Old American Can Factory | Live music before screening

    The Last Year of Darkness | by Ben Mullinkosson | China, US | 95 min

    As the city of Chengdu changes, the future of beloved club Funky Town is unclear. For a vibrant group of DJs, drag performers, lovers, ravers, and skaters this is a sanctuary for underground partying and allows them to thrive after the sun sets. It’s the one place that accepts them for who they really are, whilst they run away from their problems during the day.With construction cranes looming from an encroaching metro station, the friends are forced to face what brought them to the party in the first place and make the most of their remaining time there. The Last Year of Darkness is a coming-of-age film that celebrates the ephemerality of youth—from love to loss, from throwing up to growing up.

    Details & Tickets:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Music | 75 Dollar Bill: Little Big Band + Duo | 15 Jul. 2023

    Presented by ISSUE Project Room at The Old American Can Factory | The Courtyard

    Doors 8pm, Performance 9pm  (Rain date: Sun 16 July 2023 4pm)
    $15 ISSUE Members | $20 Advance | $25 Door pending availability

    An outdoor live performance featuring Che Chen and Rick Brown’s celebrated duo 75 Dollar Bill performing in both their “little big band” ensemble format and in duo formation.

    ISSUE returns to its former home at The Old American Can Factory for this concert.

    Info: issueprojectroom.org

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Ramona | 30 Jun. 2023

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Film by Andrea Bagney | Spain | 80 min | Live music before screening

    Ramona has just moved to Madrid with her boyfriend Nico, and wants to start from scratch: she wants to be an actress, she wants to be a mother, she wants to live in Lavapiés. The day before her first audition she meets an older man, Bruno, with whom she has an instant and strong connection. Ramona runs off, scared of her own feelings, but the next day she discovers that Bruno is the director she was supposed to meet! The opportunity is too big to pass and, encouraged by Nico, Ramona decides to go for it.

    Details & Tickets:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Earth Mama | 28 Jun. 2023

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Film by Savanah Leaf | US | 97 min | Live music before screening

    With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids. in this singular debut feature from Savanah Leaf. A glowing breakout at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival starring Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii, and Dominic Fike. Courtesy of A24.

    Details & Tickets: rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Dangerous Docs | 10 Jun. 2023

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    A program of documentaries that venture along the boundary between danger and adventure, through abnormal nonfiction borderlands too unusual to be invented.

     

    Alpha Kings |  by Enrique Pedráza-Botero & Faye Tsakas | US | 15
    From a rented mansion in suburban Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.

     

    Balloon Boy | by Arlin Golden & Brian Gersten | US | 17
    On October 15, 2009, America watched with rapt attention a large balloon float through the skies of Colorado on live TV.

     

    Holy Cowboys | by Varun Chopra | India, US | 24
    In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy and his group of friends set off on a quest to become saviors of the holy cow only to be caught in the grip of right wing radicalism.

     

    Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles | by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | US, Ukraine | 12
    In western Ukraine, sculptors who used to make religious statues are retraining for different skills. They now build anti-tank obstacles to help fend off the Russian invasion.

     

    The Pedestrian | by Nora DeLigter & Claire Read | US | 19
    A pedestrian sets off on a nine-day walk from Brooklyn to Montauk. As he makes his way, a chorus of Long island characters question his motives: is it a practice or a calling? Is he getting lost or finding himself?

    Details & Tickets: rooftopfilms.com

  • Exhibition | ORTEGA Y GASSET PROJECTS | 6 May. - 28 May. 2023

    Open Sat – Sun  1 – 6 PM and by appointment |  Enter at 383 Third Ave

    Exhibition: Clapping Corners |  A group show with Giselle Hobbs, Shelby Jackson, Annamariah Knox, and Bec Summer

    Info: oygprojects.com

  • Show & Sale | BROOKLYN CERAMIC ARTS TOUR | 19 May. - 21 May. 2023

    Open Fri 11 AM – 5 PM, Sat – Sun 9 AM – 5 PM

    Hosted by Kyle Scott Lee, featuring: Lois Aronow, Michal Grapel, Lynn Goodman, Jesse Hamerman, Kyle Scott Lee, Mia Masucci, Alex Olson, Matthew Yanchuck and Morgan Levine.

    Info: brooklynceramicartstour.com

  • Studio Sale | DANIELLE TROFFE + MUSHLUME | 19 May. - 20 May. 2023

    Open 10 AM – 4:30 PM

    MushLume Lighting is an award-winning, biofabricated lighting collection grown using mushroom mycelium.

    Info: danielletrofe.com

  • Market | Holiday Makers Market | 9 Dec. - 11 Dec. 2022

    The Dining Room at The Old American Can Factory

    An indoor Makers Holiday Market organized by Tanja Konwinski, featuring:  Anna Gunhei, Barbara Cahn, Beth Bolgla, John Mitchell, Kyle Scott Lee, Lois Aronow, Lynn Goodman, Mathew Yanchuk, Michal Lando, Tanja Konwinski, Tzirel Kaminetsky and Ugly Duckling Presse

  • Salon | Edition Patrick Frey | 12 Oct. 2022

    The Dining Room at The Old American Can Factory

    A salon, archive sale and artist readings organized by Stephanie Rebonati

    Readings by Armando AlleyneCharlie Engman & Kathleen McCain Engman, Marcia Resnick and Francisca Silva from books published with Edition Patrick Frey over the years

    Info: editionpatrickfrey.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Riotsville, USA | 13 Aug. 2022

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Sierra Pettengill | US | 91 min

    Welcome to Riotsville USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments.

    Details:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | 10 Aug. 2022

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Céline Sciamma | France | 122 min

    Join NEON for a special screening of Céline Sciamma’s masterpiece, with all proceeds benefitting the National Network of Abortion Funds.

    Details:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | Neptune Frost | 26 Jul. 2022

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda, US | 105 min

    Direct from the imagination of Saul Williams, Neptune Frost examines our relationship to technology through an Afrofuturist lens.

    Details:  rooftopfilms.com

  • Film | Rooftop Films | We Met in Virtual Reality | 21 Jul. 2022

    Joe Hunting | UK | 91 min

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this verité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement.

    Details: rooftopfilms.com

  • Music | Peter Kfoury | Oud Dude | 20 Mar. 2022

    Live performance by Peter Kfoury on the Oud playing Middle Eastern fusion music.

    Doors 3:00 PM Performance 3:30 PM  |  Pay what you can

    Info: theouddude.com

  • Market | Artists & Artisans | 10 Dec. - 12 Dec. 2021

    Cellar Gallery at The Old American Can Factory

  • Dance | Bow Echo | Anna Sperber | 2 Oct. - 3 Oct. 2021

    Roof of The Old American Can Factory

    Dance performance choreographed by Anna Sperber, Summer 2020 artist-in-residence at The Old American Can Factory

    Info: annasperber.com

  • Film | Screening Festival | Rooftop Films | 1 Jun. - 30 Sep. 2021

    Roof and Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Annual Summer screening festival produced by Rooftop Films, a non-profit organization based at The Old American Can Factory since 2003

    Info: www.rooftopfilms.com

  • Exhibition | TAAMA | Kadiatu Coulibaly | 20 Aug. - 12 Sep. 2021

    Cellar Gallery at The Old American Can Factory

    Kadiatou Coulibaly, a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist and cosplayer born in Mali and raised in Gabon, was the Summer 2021 artist-in-residence at The Old American Can Factory.

    Info: nerdybae.com/taama/

  • Reading | Ugly Duckling Presse | 17 Aug. 2021

    The Courtyard at The Old American Can Factory

    Info: uglyducklingpresse.org

  • Music + Video Jam | SHARE | 8 Mar. 2020

    Dining Room at The Old American Can Factory

    Weekly gathering of musicians, visual artists and programmers for improvisation/collaboration.

    Info: share.dj/share

  • Music | Anni Rossi + Judith Berkson | 17 Jan. 2020

    The Dining Room at The Old American Can Factory

    Brooklyn Lutherie presents this concert as part of the Changeling Concert Series

    Info:  brooklynlutherie.com

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