UNDERGROUND MOVIES OUTDOORS
New Design High School, Open Road Rooftop, 350 Grand St.
Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave. at North 13th St.
The Old American Can Factory, 232 Third St. at Third Ave., Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tech, 29 Fort Greene Pl., and other venues
May 14 – September 20, $10
718-417-7362
www.rooftopfilms.com
Since 1997, Vassar graduate Mark Elijah Rosenberg has been screening independent shorts in unusual places. Now in its fourteenth year, Rooftop Films continues to expand its scope, this year featuring dozens of feature-length works and experimental shorts, shown at such locations as Brooklyn’s Automotive High School and the Old American Can Factory and Manhattan’s Solar One and New Design High School as well as BAM, El Museo del Barrio, Socrates Sculpture Park, and other venues. This season’s highlights include Spike Jonze’s thirty-five minute I’M HERE on May 21, Pepe Dikono’s Philippino thriller ENGKWENTRO (CLASH) on May 22, Don Hertzfeldt’s WISDOM TEETH on June 5, Ramin Bahrani’s PLASTIC BAG on July 2, and Jeremy Konner and Derek Waters’s Drunk History trilogy on June 4 & 18 and August 6. Tickets are $10, and screenings are preceded by live music by such bands as DeLeon, Frances, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Natureboy, North Highlands, and Twin Sister, usually followed by an after-party with free beer. A Rooftop Films event is always a cool experience, attracting an eclectic group of indie film and music lovers willing to try something different.