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A short film shot by me

Score by Tebi Oly

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@luminaltheater This July 20, #BedStuy first ever CINEMA BLOCK PARTY - an all day celebration of Black film. The CBP is pt of the annual #TAMAsummerfest. ⠀ photo by Johanne Rahaman⠀ Starting that 12 noon, experience films fr local filmmakers, Black women filmmakers, and even augmented reality/VR smack dab on TOMPKINS AVENUE ( btw Gates & Harsley) until 7pm, then a special nighttime screening of 72 Hours: a Brooklyn Love Story nearby the 'Fest. Join us with @tamabedstuy alongside @thebushdoctorjuicebar @bedvynebrew @lifewellnessbk @chickysgeneral @peaceandriot @radicalwomenbk @ettasalon @bedstuyprovisions @peacheshothouse @ilovemeatmarket @warude_ny @sincerelytommy_ @themaconrealty @crocuscafebrooklyn @brooklynkettle @brownbutternyc @pomianother #film #blackfilm #bedstuyfilm #blackfilmmakers #blackfilm #womenfilmmakers #blackexcellence #melanin #womenfilmmaker #brooklyn #bedstuy #brooklynbedstuy #tama #tamafest #tamafest2019 #hollywood #brooklynfilmmakers #nycfilmmakers #summerfest #summerfestival https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvYgNTn_fU/?igshid=1kmr0akyp8v0t

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Back in 2012, Spank Rock shot his video for “Car Song,” featuring Santigold in our Stage A. The video was directed by Luis Gispert. We just came across this making of for the video, which is informative and a great snapshot of what our stages looked like in 2012. We have some great behind the scenes photos of our own which we can share soon ourselves. We’ve had thousands of music videos by notable artists, who dig our relaxed, artistic environment. Contact us if you’d like to shoot your video here. @naeemjuwan @santigold @luis_gispert #spankrock #carsong #santigold #luisgispert #brooklynfireproofstages #brooklynfireproof #musicvideos #nycfilm #brooklynsoundstage #newyorkart #newyorkstage #nycsoundstage #brooklynart #brooklynfilm #brooklynfilmmaking #bushwick #williamsburg #brooklyn #bfp #newyorkcinema #brooklynstage #gripandelectric #setlife #musicvideo #musicvideoproduction #behindthescenes #makingof #music #musicvideoshoot #bushwickbrooklyn https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfJVuqA5bo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5wvfg7r44ryp

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My first laurels! Stoked that my first film will be a part of Scared For Your LIIFE later this year! Congratulations to @alicia_notkeys and @kopij for their acting @borehardcore for contributing “Ashtray/Libido” to the soundtrack and to @ohlivvieah for the poster and title cards. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🦈🔪🖤 #officialselection #filmfestival #femaledirector #femalefilmmaker #nycfilmmaker #brooklynfilmmaker #brooklyn #actorslife #laurels #longislandhardcore #longislandpunk #mathcore (at Greenpoint) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4ZCL4j-FX/?igshid=1np1s3t433gne

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“In your presence on silence I’m really not tryna politic. I don’t need prayers but I’m gonna need some acknowledgement.” - @zionotis . . . . . . #DaJeaniusCEO #WhoDidYouBook #ShotsByDaJeaniusCEO #VesicaRecordz #independentartist #lyricist #wordsmith #nyc #brooklynfilmmaker (at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUUcVBnvPo/?igshid=1kkwldx5psmnn

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@ryan_mcglade 's new film, 'On Showbiz', just dropped on @nobudge yesterday. Head over to his bio and check it out. It is a great short film. Two unique characters, one introvert, one extrovert, who feel obligated to spend time together each week. You will enjoy watching as they awkwardly attemot to bond. Great performances. And great score by @rszybowski . . . . . #film #shortfilm #nobudge #filmfest #filmfestival #filmmaker #filmmaking #director #screenwriter #indiefilm #indiefilmmaker #independentfilm #independentfilmmaker #actor #actorlife #brooklynfilmmaker #tisch #setlife #moviemaking #filmdirector #ryanmcglade #cinema #cinemalovers #cinemalover #nyu #canon #filmup #cine #moviemaking #NYC https://www.instagram.com/p/BtlUyHoApCg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=616a7phd89b4

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Films of Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom Screening on April 12, BFP Sponsors The Queens World Film Fest, and BFP Stage Openings and News

"The Films of Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom" - Free Screening April 12, 2019, 7:30pm

Brooklyn Fire Proof is pleased to announce a new initiative launched in early 2019: Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom. The first step of the program aims to bring filmmaking education and skills to members of the New York community with no previous filmmaking education, while utilizing a simple, and universal tool: the cell phone. To commend the completion of the first workshop series, BFP will present a free, open-to-the-public screening of the completed films, along with a short documentary about the program, at Brooklyn Fire Proof on Friday, April 12 at 7:30pm. The filmmakers, programmers and educators will all be in attendance.

The BFP Classroom initiative has come together thanks to key organizations that BFP has worked with over the past decade, bringing together the Millennium Film Workshop and Job Path as partners this inaugural session. Together they’ve launched a “new media” filmmaking class, with an emphasis on cell phone filmmaking, utilizing avant- garde techniques. The creator of the BFP Classroom program, Kenneth Filmer, BFP’s Director of Stages, Production and Programming elaborates: “The goal of Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom is to give people filmmaking skills who might not ordinarily be making films. Despite the talk about diversity in the media, most films still seem to be made by well-to-do, fancifully educated types. We want to see the students become skilled filmmakers, and hopefully eventually film professionals (a second-tier, job placement program is in the planning phases). And for purely personal reasons, I just want to see the films created as a result of the program.”

The Millennium Film Workshop, a renowned NYC-based experimental film organization, took the lead on instruction. The four Classroom sessions were led by Millennium’s Joey Huertas & Paul Echeverria and taught students the basics of screenwriting, production, editing, screening and distribution (all within the cell phone). Students were selected by Job Path, a NYC organization focused on assisting those with developmental disabilities to live independent lives.

During the break in the workshop’s 5-week schedule, a gallery show—“The Exhibitions”—ran for two weeks in one of BFPs on-site galleries. The group show was co-curated by Art//Division’s founders, Johnny Mattei and Robert Hill, and BFP’s curatorial arm, BFP Creative, and offered a look into a journey through the lives of the artists. 


The inaugural workshops, and the associated art show, were both successes, and BFP looks forward to planning its next round of Classroom workshops and seeking new partners to collaborate with. To close the kick-off season Brooklyn Fire Proof will publicly premiere the initial students’ films, as well as a documentary made throughout the process.

ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FILM WORKSHOP:

The Millennium Film Workshop is an NYC-based non-profit organization that has pioneered filmmaking workshops since its founding in 1966, and is dedicated to the exhibition, study, and practice of avant-garde and experimental cinema. Joey Huertas is the Executive Director of the Millennium Film Workshop, and is an award winning film & performance artist, social worker and art therapist. He also runs his own DIY underground monthly film screening/reading series called Hijack! Paul Echeverria is an assistant professor of communication & media arts at Western Connecticut State University and the founding director of the Digital and Interactive Media Arts (DIMA) program, and Millennium Film Workshop board member.

ABOUT JOB PATH:

Job Path is an organization that helps people with autism, intellectual and other developmental disabilities find stable and satisfying employment, live in their own homes and contribute their skills and talents to community life. Established in 1978, Job Path was also a pioneer, being the first organization of its kind in New York State and one of the first in the country. Last year the people Job Path supports worked at close to 100 different businesses and not-for-profit organization across New York City. Job Path’s art program, Art//Division, was built to reinforce the idea that art is for everyone, regardless of backgrounds or life experiences.

For more information about Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom, or to get involved, email kenneth@brooklynfireproof.com. For information about the upcoming screening, or other special events, visit www.brooklynfireproofstages.com/screenings.

“The Films of Brooklyn Fire Proof Classroom”

In Association with Millennium Film Workshop and Job Path
 At Brooklyn Fire Proof’s Seltzer Room Studios, 102 Ingraham St., Brooklyn, NY 11237 Friday, April 12, 2019, 730pm FREE - Seating will be available for approximately 160 people and will be first-come, first-served.

Opening Night of the Queens World Film Festival Tonight!

Brooklyn Fire Proof is a proud sponsor of the Queens World Film Festival, which tuns nine in 2019. This year's festival includes an annual multi day/multi venue festival, youth-oriented educational initiatives and year round screening opportunities for QWFF filmmakers, past and present. The festival is programmed in thematic blocks with evocative titles, and each program is followed by a post-screening dialogue to engage audiences from the demographically diverse communities that comprise the borough of Queens. Each year the festival has a very robust submission session, with films coming from all over the globe, 63 nations to date, including Cuba, Franc, Spain, Serbia, Korea, Bangladesh, China, Italy, the Ukraine, Iran, Scotland, Belgium, Finland and the UK to name just a few. In every year’s festival there are tender films, heartbreaking films, and several works that are extremely provocative, maybe even, disturbing and the selections tie us into conversations people are having around the world via the real stars of the festival: the films. It’s about surrendering to the films, without looking for familiar names, titles, scores. It’s about creating the right context for personal, intimate films grouped together for a cinematic experience you will not get anywhere else on the planet. The 9th Annual Queens World Film Festival returns to the Museum of the Moving Image in both the Redstone theatre and the Bartos screening room as well as the historic Zukor Theatre at the Kaufman Astoria Studios located right next door for 11 days of exciting indie films - March 21 - 31, 2019. Strategically placed between the two venues is the fabled Astor Room with incredible food and special discounts just for QWFF participants and attendees. The festival village is located in the Astoria Arts District which is subway close and easy to find via foot or in your car (Yes, there is street and metered parking!) Tonight is the Queens World Film Festival's 2019 opening night. More information is available here: https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/2019/opening_night/

We'd also like to highlight the fest's two honoree screenings: https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/2019/TPOG/ https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/2019/honoree/ The two panels this for this year are also a highlight: https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/2019/panel/ https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/2019/blockchain/

Some Open Availability and New Developments in Our Stages

We have a lot of our regular clients tell us that they can never get into our stages because we're always booked with long term shoots. While it's true that we've had big shows in about 70% of the time over the last 4 or so years, we do have a decent amount of open availability over the next few months. For anyone who hasn't been here in a while, we have made some significant changes and additions in our stages, including: -An additional 15 tons of HVAC air conditioning added to our large stages, for a total of 35 tons of air conditioning (as well as another 15 tons of HVAC in our smaller stages). -A new, robust gigabit up/down FiOS WiFi connection with high-speed Ubiquiti base stations installed in every support stage, studio and support room. -Two new parking lots, one with a rolling gate, security cameras, and a turn-key production office on site. Of course, we're still a New York State QPF, with five soundstages, support rooms, cycloramas, drive-on access, heavy cam-lock power, a huge array of industrial locations and two buildings full of additional loft office/work space. We're constantly doing everything we can to make our environment a welcoming, creative place to work. Email us at stages@brooklynfireproof.com or call us at 718-456-7571 to set up a scout or to discuss availability and rates.

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Director Alistair Banks Griffin’s “The Wolf Hour,” starring Naomi Watts, premiered at this year’s Sundance fest. The film shot large swaths in our Stages A and B in late 2017. We’ve been eager to see the film, and we’ll let you guys know about screening or streaming news. The director did an piece with Filmmaker Magazine, where he stated: “To me the objective of almost any director is to hide the artifice, to erase the pencil lines and the strings that hold it all up. What you see on screen is only the tiny tip of the iceberg. The crew that pulled these things together on The Wolf Hour is the hidden pride. Since they have done their job so brilliantly nothing jumps out at you, from the lighting down to the weight of a bag of groceries. There are so many unsung heroes who moved mountains to make some tiny detail pop off just in the nick of time. I think for The Wolf Hour this is most pronounced in the sets, props and dec, perhaps more than the average film. Almost every inch of the film was a construct down to the tiny dents in the wall paster, the rust on the door peephole—even the buildings outside.” @sundanceorg @naomiwatts #thewolfhour #naomiwatts #alistairbanksgriffin #sundance #sundancefilmfestival #sundancefilmfestival2019 #wolfhour #featurefilm #movie #setlife #brooklynfireproof#brooklynfireproof #brooklynfireproofstages #filmfestival #brooklyln #filmmaking #soundstage #newyorkmovie #moviestudio #nycstage #brooklynsoundstage #newyorkfilm #nycfilmmaker #production #productioncompany #newyork #newyorkmedia #bushwick #newyorkfilmstage #brooklynfilmmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLQhVsgQqS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=og456zlj2dl1

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Last summer, we welcomed our friends Troma to Brooklyn Fire Proof to shoot elements of director/founder Lloyd Kaufman’s latest opus, “Shakespeare’s Shitstorm.” They shot a great deal of the film’s exteriors in our back alley/backlot, including a wild protest scene. They also used our Studios 1, 2, and 3 for some set builds, and to take advantage of the NY QPF tax incentive. Troma is an underground NYC film institution, but they generally can’t afford to shoot in NYC! Brooklyn Fire Proof got involved in this project to help get Troma back to NYC, and BFP’s Kenneth Filmer and Thomas Burr Dodd became co-executive producers of this sure-to-be-interesting film. Troma is doing some focus group screenings of the film now, and it should officially launch soon and we’ll definitely let you know. Brooklyn Fire Proof was honored to work with Troma, and we should remind everyone that we are more than happy to work with any production at any budget level, and besides our QPF soundstages, we have a vast array of interesting industrial locations available for features, TV shows, commericals, music videos, photo shoots, or anything else. Email us at stages@brooklynfireproof.com or call us at 718-456-7571 to set up a scout or to discuss availability and rates. @lloydkaufman @tromateam @tromavillecitizen @tromaarmy @dylanmarsgreenberg @amanda_flowersss @badtechno #brooklynfireproof #brooklynfireproofstages #filmfestival #brooklyln #queens #museumofthemovingimage #filmmaking #soundstage #newyorkmovie #moviestudio #nycstage #brooklynsoundstage #newyorkfilm #nycfilmmaker #production #productioncompany #newyork #newyorkmedia #bushwick #newyorkfilmstage #brooklynfilmmaking #troma #tromaville #tromaentertainment #toxicavenger #shakespearesshitstorm #lloydkaufman #michaelherz #onlocation #behindthescenes https://www.instagram.com/p/BwaC-FWAYo4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ix9wtd8uuzn6

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Brooklyn Fire Proof was a proud sponsor of the Queens World Film Festival, which just celebrated its 9th anniversary. This year, we provided a prize package of a day of stage space in our Seltzer Rooms along with a grip and electric kit to the festival’s Special Jury Prize winners. We’re pleased to congratulate Jean Goto and Adam Lim, pictured above. Queens World Film Festival Executive Director Katha Cato states: “As we close out the 9th Annual Queens World Film Festival we are so happy to partner with Brooklyn Fire Proof Stages in providing this prize package to Jean and Adam. We have worked with Patrick Chen, their producing partner for several years and we know that this is a worthy team indeed. A huge thank you to BFPS for making this possible. Here’s to year 10!” Winner Jean Goto adds: ‘Adam and I are thrilled to have won the Brooklyn Fire Proof Stages Special Jury prize— having our film screen with Queens World Film Festival was such a pleasure and this is truly the cherry on the top! By giving us time on a soundstage, we’ve been encouraged to create more films and inspired to not wait, but do it now. I’m so excited to see what comes from this partnership and so grateful to Katha and Don for their belief in us!” Brooklyn Fire Proof is a big believer in working with New York’s entire film community, and we enjoy doing our part to develop up-and-coming talent. Thanks to Queens World’s Katha and Don, and we look forward to seeing Jean and Adam at our stages. @queensworldfilmfest @adamjlim @jeanmiyoshigoto @patmander @navajoproductions @movingimagenyc @hawkfinn1 #brooklynfireproof #brooklynfireproofstages #queensworld #queensworldfilmfestival #filmfestival #sponsorship #filmfestivalsponsor #brooklyln #queens #museumofthemovingimage #momi #productionpackage #filmmaking #soundstage #newyorkmovie #moviestudio #festivalwinner #nycstage #brooklynsoundstage #newyorkfilm #nycfilmmaker #production #productioncompany #newyork #newyorkmedia #bushwick #newyorkfilmstage #brooklynfilmmaking #queensfilm #queensworldfilm https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSA97cAFaj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qbdjs4mea7kh

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What did you do today? This song is so appropriate for the times we are in these days. ‘Do Nothing’ by @teydie.baby . . . . . . . #indyartist #WhoDidYouBook #DaJeaniusCEO #ShotsByDaJeaniusCEO #filmisgod #brooklynfilmmaker #brooklyncinematographer #quarantinelife (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VbvLCncPB/?igshid=1kb8cuwammc1p

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Oshun - Venus energy, music, relationships, beauty and art. . . . #WhoDidYouBook #DaJeaniusCEO #ShotsByDaJeaniusCEO #brooklynfilmmaker #BrooklynCinematographer #handheldfilming #Oshun #OshunGoddess #canon5dmarkiv (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Oqh-6HIBn/?igshid=gtperqztzwzt

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🎬@luminaltheater 📽 July 20th, we bring Black cinema to the heralded TAMA SUMMER FESTIVAL with our CINEMA BlOCK PARTY in Brooklyn. 🙌🏾 Starting at 12 noon, experience films fr local filmmakers, Black women filmmakers, and even augmented reality/VR smack dab on TOMPKINS AVENUE ( btw Gates & Harsley) until 7pm, then a special nighttime screening of 72 Hours: a Brooklyn Love Story nearby the 'Fest and that's #thebrooklynword 🙏🏾👁🙏🏾 _________________________________ Join us with @tamabedstuy alongside @thebushdoctorjuicebar @bedvynebrew @lifewellnessbk @chickysgeneral @peaceandriot @radicalwomenbk @ettasalon @bedstuyprovisions @peacheshothouse @ilovemeatmarket @warude_ny @sincerelytommy_ @themaconrealty @crocuscafebrooklyn @brooklynkettle @brownbutternyc @pomianother . . . . #blackfilm #bedstuyfilm #blackfilmmakers #blackfilm #womenfilmmakers #filmfestival #filmmaking #melanin #blackexcellence #blackcreatives #womenfilmmaker #brooklyn #bedstuy #brooklynbedstuy #tama #tamafest #crownheights #bushwick #williamsburg #EastNewYork #Brownsville #flatbush #tamafest2019 #hollywood #brooklynfilmmakers #nycfilmmakers #summerfest #summerfestival https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvWO0gHhco/?igshid=hgk98j9ejuyi