Cinema Club
Kaleidospace, Street Works, NY Renews Indigenous Solidarity Committee, and more
An outdoor micro-theater from 11-4pm on September 21, nestled under a tent enclosed with curtains to create a shaded viewing experience.
Throughout the day, we featured a lineup of short films, documentaries, and art exploring climate justice, community power, and local stories, including work by Queens-based and NYC filmmakers. Come sit for five minutes or all day.
Throughout the Day
Photographic works by Bayeté Ross Smith and Felix Masi.
Films
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In this short documentary, learn about the Tonawanda Seneca Nation's existential fight to stop the Western NY Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP), a proposed mega-industrial site currently being constructed on the border of the Nation’s present-day reservation territory in Western NY.
STAMP would irreparably harm lands and waters where Tonawanda Seneca citizens continue to hunt, fish, and gather traditional medicines, and thus constitutes an existential threat to the Nation's collective continuance on their homelands.
The Nation, a federally recognized Indigenous Nation and part of the Hadeunosaunee, has opposed the construction of STAMP on the border of its current Reservation Territory in Western New York since it was first proposed nearly 20 years ago, yet the project continues to be underwritten by NYS funding and facilitated by permitting by NYS agencies. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation Council of Chiefs views STAMP as cultural genocide.
Today, the Nation is fighting to Rethink STAMP in solidarity with local residents and a growing coalition of allied individuals and organizations across New York state and beyond.
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Producer: Memo Salazar
Believe it or not, Staten Island’s immigrant population has boomed, challenging the stereotype most New Yorkers have of a fully Red Borough. This short doc takes a look at a couple of examples: the pan-African diaspora of Park Hill and a Latino LGBTQ political activist group called L'Unicorns.
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In this short documentary, youth come together to transform a neglected strip of land in their neighborhood into a community garden. After years of steady work, the garden is mysteriously destroyed. This is a story of rebuilding and resilience, and of a community coming together.
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Producers: Mike Fallek, Bill Moore, Chuck Nice
A pain in the grass. This hilarious documentary, narrated by Chuck Nice, features PHDs, experts, and comics talking about how lawns are ruining America.
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Producers: Manuela Agudelo, Sunny Roberts
Editor: JJ Hinterberger
A short film about our women ancestors.
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Producer: Rachel Brown
During the 2020 pandemic, a community in Queens broke into a vacant lot and set up a composting site. Five years on, the private landlord has plans to build on the land that has become a flourishing community green space. This film follows the development, obstacles and actions taken in the face of late stage capitalism, interpersonal conflict, and the climate crisis, showing the social and environmental impact of the 45th Street Green Space, a volunteer-run compost and garden project in Sunnyside.
