Documenting Brooklyn Free Film Series October 11, 2005

Documenting Brooklyn
Taking the borough ? with its long history and 2.5 million residents ? as its canvas, ?Documenting Brooklyn? examines Brooklyn through a camera lens to explore the truths that patient, informed observation can reveal. It also considers the nature, the possibilities and the limits of the documentary form itself. Richard Pena, program director of the Film Society at Lincoln Center, and Kenneth Jackson, professor of history and editor of the Encyclopedia of New York City, host the series. 

Coney Island: The American Experience BY RIC BURNS
Tuesday, October 11, 7 pm
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes ? Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland ? competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day, it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric Eden. Best know for his epic PBS series, New York: A Documentary Film, acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns? will introduce the film.
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 718.230.2100

My American Girls: A Dominican Story and Taddo
BY AARON MATTHEWS
Tuesday, October 25, 7 pm
In vivid verité detail, My American Girls captures the joys and struggles in a year of the lives of the Ortiz family, first-generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic. This funny and touching film captures the rewards and costs of pursuing the American dream. With Taddo, a short film about ?the oldest barber in Brooklyn.? Director Aaron Matthews will introduce the films.
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 718.230.2100

Love and Diane
Tuesday, November 8, 7 PM
With director Jennifer Dworkin and film scholar Richard Pena.
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 718.230.2100

A life Apart: Hasidism in America
Tuesday, November 29, 7 PM
With director Oren Rudavsky.
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 718.230.2100

BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Tuesday, December 6, 7 PM
With Director Ken Burns and historian Kenneth Jackson.
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 718.230.2100

BPL?s ?Documenting Brooklyn? series is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 718.230.2100 or visit www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org