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Amy Faust
Jun 11, 2011, 3:00:44 PM6/11/11
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Hey planners (and friends),
If anyone's interested in a little summer moving outing, I have a ticket for the below film about Atlantic Yards next Friday the 17th, the 7pm show - it's $8 for a students (assuming recent grads still count...). The filmmakers are friends of Prof. Joe Magee actually, and the movie sounds great. If anyone is interested let me know and we can meet up, or try to check it out another time because it's only playing for three days. You can get tickets here (it's at Cinema Village near NYU).
Pass it on to people you know/networks that are interested in Atlantic Yards and similar issues too - they're really trying to mobilize a strong showing so that the film can make it into more theaters nationwide.
Cheers,
Amy
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Battle for Brooklyn follows a group of people who come together to
fight the Atlantic Yards Project, a massive real estate development
that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood. Situated at
the juncture of two low rise-Brooklyn brownstone neighborhoods, it
would place 16 skyscrapers and a sports arena on a 22 acre parcel of
land. Their fight to stop the project pits them against developer
Forest City Ratner as well as other residents who are eager for the
construction jobs and the additional housing that the project could
create. Others are excited about bringing the New Jersey Nets
basketball team to Brooklyn.
Daniel Goldstein's apartment sits at what would be center court of the
new arena. A reluctant activist, Daniel is dragged into the fight
because he simply can't believe that the government should use the
power of Eminent Domain to take his property and hand it off to a
private developer. He and others form the group Develop Don't Destroy
Brooklyn to pursue alternative plans to Ratner's proposal and to
expose misconceptions about the project in the media. Along the way,
Daniel falls in love, gets married and starts a family. Compiled from
almost 400 hours of footage, Battle for Brooklyn is an epic tale of
how far people will go to fight for what they believe in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are writing to you today to let you know that after 8 years of
work, David, Suki, and I will launch the theatrical run of "Battle for
Brooklyn" on June 17th. We have had several festival screenings and
the response has been far beyond our wildest expectations (a few press
quotes below). Everyone from politicians, to activists, to project
proponents have praised the film for it's fairness and powerful
storytelling.
Your Support got us this far and now we need just one small push to
get this film rolling out nationwide.
Well-attended screenings of "Battle for Brooklyn" here in NYC during
that opening weekend of June 17, 18 and 19 at Cinema Village will
ensure that the film gets booked all around the country.
If it screens around the country at large, new audiences will learn of
and be inspired by the principled and tenacious fight the community
waged against the Atlantic Yards project.
We are writing to ask you to come to one of the Cinema Village
screenings.
(Cinema Village is at 22 E. 12th St., btw Unversity Pl. and 5th Ave.)
Most Important: Please strongly encourage your sphere of contacts to
see the film at Cinema Village on June 17, 18 or 19.
The times are not up on their site yet but the film will run at
1,3,5,7, and 9:15
If the 400 supporters of Battle on kickstarter urge five to ten (or
more!) people to see the film that opening weekend, it will be a
tremendous boost.
We will be at most screenings that weekend and look forward to
connecting with you.
Also, if you are a Facebook user, blogger, Twitter-er, please use
those methods to alert your spheres of influence to the film and its
June 17th opening weekend.
Please become a fan of the film on facebook-
Best, Michael, Suki, and David
“The movie…has heart, soul and chutzpah…Feisty but fairly reported…The
time line that drives ‘Battle for Brooklyn’ makes it as urgent as any
Hollywood thriller.”— Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
The Atlantic Yards Odyssey, On Film— L Magazine interview with
filmmakers Suki Hawley & Mike Galinsky
Brooklyn’s Ongoing Battle— The Brooklyn Rail interview by Williams
Cole, with filmmakers Hawley and Galinsky
Filmmaker Mike Galinsky and protagonist Daniel Goldstein Interview—
ABC’s Diana Williams’ “Up Close” (June 5, 2011)
“Don’t miss Battle For Brooklyn, a terrific film version of the sorry
tale of Atlantic Yards, a cautionary tale for all cities.”— Roberta
Gratz, author The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert
Moses and Jane Jacobs. Mayor Bloomberg 2003 Appointee NYC Landmarks
Preservation Commission
“Nothing depicts the borough’s backbone with more personality and
urgency than “Battle for Brooklyn,”…Seven years of footage is edited
into a crisp, dramatic and narrator-free 93 minutes, focusing on the
remarkable story of neighborhood activist Daniel Goldstein, the last
resident in a Pacific Street building marked for demolition through
eminent domain.”— Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal
“‘Battle for Brooklyn’ is a riveting flick that shows how real estate
developers use sports to seize other people’s property and enrich
themselves with taxpayer subsidies; it is about how corporate
interests enlist their allies in government to get what they want,
even if that means lying to the public and screwing people who lack
deep pockets and political connections.”— Michael O’Keeffe, New York
Daily News
“A thoroughly engaging look at the infuriating erosion of individual
rights in the interest of corporate concerns and political
maneuvering.”— Basil Tsiokos, Indiewire
“Superb storytelling and great characters…a must-see.”— Susan G. Cole,
Now Toronto
“Documentary Battle for Brooklyn exposes the corruption lurking behind
the push to oust residents for the Atlantic Yards project in an abuse
of eminent domain.”— Leslie Stonebraker, New York Press
Coming Soon: “Battle for Brooklyn,” the Atlantic Yards Documentary—
Mitchell Trinka, New York Times
“In Battle for Brooklyn, directors Michael Galinksy and Suki Hawley
provide a 21st century addendum to the troubling modern history of
eminent domain use. Their film shows, up close and dirty, just how
large a role developers play in defining the forms and functions of
the urban landscape.”— Brett Story, Spacing Toronto
“The dedication that Rumur Inc. has shown to documentary filmmaking
and to the borough of Brooklyn has been an inspiration to us for more
than a decade, and we believe that their latest work is essential
viewing for fans of documentary film and for those who care about the
future of their communities.”— Dan Nuxoll, Rooftop Films”
“The documentary is valuable for its cold-eyed look at how real estate
interests work the levers of power in state and city government,
dangling the vague promise of job creation in exchange for sweetheart
deals that drain the public coffers.”J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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If anyone's interested in a little summer moving outing, I have a ticket for the below film about Atlantic Yards next Friday the 17th, the 7pm show - it's $8 for a students (assuming recent grads still count...). The filmmakers are friends of Prof. Joe Magee actually, and the movie sounds great. If anyone is interested let me know and we can meet up, or try to check it out another time because it's only playing for three days. You can get tickets here (it's at Cinema Village near NYU).
Pass it on to people you know/networks that are interested in Atlantic Yards and similar issues too - they're really trying to mobilize a strong showing so that the film can make it into more theaters nationwide.
Cheers,
Amy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Battle for Brooklyn follows a group of people who come together to
fight the Atlantic Yards Project, a massive real estate development
that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood. Situated at
the juncture of two low rise-Brooklyn brownstone neighborhoods, it
would place 16 skyscrapers and a sports arena on a 22 acre parcel of
land. Their fight to stop the project pits them against developer
Forest City Ratner as well as other residents who are eager for the
construction jobs and the additional housing that the project could
create. Others are excited about bringing the New Jersey Nets
basketball team to Brooklyn.
Daniel Goldstein's apartment sits at what would be center court of the
new arena. A reluctant activist, Daniel is dragged into the fight
because he simply can't believe that the government should use the
power of Eminent Domain to take his property and hand it off to a
private developer. He and others form the group Develop Don't Destroy
Brooklyn to pursue alternative plans to Ratner's proposal and to
expose misconceptions about the project in the media. Along the way,
Daniel falls in love, gets married and starts a family. Compiled from
almost 400 hours of footage, Battle for Brooklyn is an epic tale of
how far people will go to fight for what they believe in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are writing to you today to let you know that after 8 years of
work, David, Suki, and I will launch the theatrical run of "Battle for
Brooklyn" on June 17th. We have had several festival screenings and
the response has been far beyond our wildest expectations (a few press
quotes below). Everyone from politicians, to activists, to project
proponents have praised the film for it's fairness and powerful
storytelling.
Your Support got us this far and now we need just one small push to
get this film rolling out nationwide.
Well-attended screenings of "Battle for Brooklyn" here in NYC during
that opening weekend of June 17, 18 and 19 at Cinema Village will
ensure that the film gets booked all around the country.
If it screens around the country at large, new audiences will learn of
and be inspired by the principled and tenacious fight the community
waged against the Atlantic Yards project.
We are writing to ask you to come to one of the Cinema Village
screenings.
(Cinema Village is at 22 E. 12th St., btw Unversity Pl. and 5th Ave.)
Most Important: Please strongly encourage your sphere of contacts to
see the film at Cinema Village on June 17, 18 or 19.
The times are not up on their site yet but the film will run at
1,3,5,7, and 9:15
If the 400 supporters of Battle on kickstarter urge five to ten (or
more!) people to see the film that opening weekend, it will be a
tremendous boost.
We will be at most screenings that weekend and look forward to
connecting with you.
Also, if you are a Facebook user, blogger, Twitter-er, please use
those methods to alert your spheres of influence to the film and its
June 17th opening weekend.
Please become a fan of the film on facebook-
Best, Michael, Suki, and David
“The movie…has heart, soul and chutzpah…Feisty but fairly reported…The
time line that drives ‘Battle for Brooklyn’ makes it as urgent as any
Hollywood thriller.”— Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
The Atlantic Yards Odyssey, On Film— L Magazine interview with
filmmakers Suki Hawley & Mike Galinsky
Brooklyn’s Ongoing Battle— The Brooklyn Rail interview by Williams
Cole, with filmmakers Hawley and Galinsky
Filmmaker Mike Galinsky and protagonist Daniel Goldstein Interview—
ABC’s Diana Williams’ “Up Close” (June 5, 2011)
“Don’t miss Battle For Brooklyn, a terrific film version of the sorry
tale of Atlantic Yards, a cautionary tale for all cities.”— Roberta
Gratz, author The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert
Moses and Jane Jacobs. Mayor Bloomberg 2003 Appointee NYC Landmarks
Preservation Commission
“Nothing depicts the borough’s backbone with more personality and
urgency than “Battle for Brooklyn,”…Seven years of footage is edited
into a crisp, dramatic and narrator-free 93 minutes, focusing on the
remarkable story of neighborhood activist Daniel Goldstein, the last
resident in a Pacific Street building marked for demolition through
eminent domain.”— Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal
“‘Battle for Brooklyn’ is a riveting flick that shows how real estate
developers use sports to seize other people’s property and enrich
themselves with taxpayer subsidies; it is about how corporate
interests enlist their allies in government to get what they want,
even if that means lying to the public and screwing people who lack
deep pockets and political connections.”— Michael O’Keeffe, New York
Daily News
“A thoroughly engaging look at the infuriating erosion of individual
rights in the interest of corporate concerns and political
maneuvering.”— Basil Tsiokos, Indiewire
“Superb storytelling and great characters…a must-see.”— Susan G. Cole,
Now Toronto
“Documentary Battle for Brooklyn exposes the corruption lurking behind
the push to oust residents for the Atlantic Yards project in an abuse
of eminent domain.”— Leslie Stonebraker, New York Press
Coming Soon: “Battle for Brooklyn,” the Atlantic Yards Documentary—
Mitchell Trinka, New York Times
“In Battle for Brooklyn, directors Michael Galinksy and Suki Hawley
provide a 21st century addendum to the troubling modern history of
eminent domain use. Their film shows, up close and dirty, just how
large a role developers play in defining the forms and functions of
the urban landscape.”— Brett Story, Spacing Toronto
“The dedication that Rumur Inc. has shown to documentary filmmaking
and to the borough of Brooklyn has been an inspiration to us for more
than a decade, and we believe that their latest work is essential
viewing for fans of documentary film and for those who care about the
future of their communities.”— Dan Nuxoll, Rooftop Films”
“The documentary is valuable for its cold-eyed look at how real estate
interests work the levers of power in state and city government,
dangling the vague promise of job creation in exchange for sweetheart
deals that drain the public coffers.”J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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