Brooklyn Demme screens Mountain Lion to Benefit Ashley Dawson
On Friday July 26 at 8:00pm, Rockland County filmmaker Brooklyn Demme will share his debut fictional feature film at the Cultural Arts Theatre of Rockland Community College. Mountain Lion: Healing Film of St. Francis is an intense drama about personal relationships, mental health, and family dynamics, that uses magical realism to express mindfulness in intimate relationships and seriousness in prayer. It was entirely shot in Rockland County.
The Sandhill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians, Rivertown Film, TurtleGang Edutainment, and Truth 2 Power, are offering a free screening to promote and benefit That Kid, the upcoming debut fictional film of Truth 2 Power co-founder and producer of Mountain Lion, Ashley Dawson.
Registration is required in order to secure seating, and any donations given at registration or at the screening will be directed to the production of That Kid. REGISTER HERE. If you do not receive a confirmation email, you have not successfully registered. Names of everyone who registers will be at the door. You do not need to bring a printout or show your receipt on your phone.
Music on the Hudson
Tuesday, July 30th, 7:00-9:00pm, I Anbassa & The Word Sound Power Movement (Reggae)
All shows are held on the upper lawn of Memorial Park due to the lawn remediation on the lower level
There is no parking inside Memorial Park and portions of Piermont Avenue will be closed to traffic/parking due to the show’s being held on the upper level. There is ample parking in the Marina which accesses the park via the foot bridge or by walking over to the park via Piermont avenue.
Summer of Soul Nyack
An uplifting evening of film, music, singing, dancing and history as we celebrate and reclaim once forgotten stories of community pride, power and art on the site of a once forgotten neighborhood.
6:30pm, Sunday, Aug. 18 (rain date Aug. 25) ‘My House Once Stood Here’ Hezekiah Easter Square Veterans Park.
A multimedia exhibit by Kris Burns featuring archival images of the neighborhood that once surrounded Hezekiah Easter Square. QR codes on each image will be linked to video and audio excerpts from the documentary “What Happened to Jackson Avenue: A story of Urban Renewal” by Hakia Alem and Rudi Gohl.
7:30pm, Sunday, Aug. 18, (rain date Aug. 25)
Community Soul Sing-a-Long
Municipal Lot behind Hezekiah Easter Square Veterans Park
Former Nyack Village Clerk Mary White and the non-profit mentoring program Diamonds & Pearls Inc bring a DJ and the sounds of Soul to the gathering in the Municipal Lot behind Hezekiah Easter Square. Sing, dance and get ready for a screening of “Summer of Soul”.
8:30/8:45pm, Sunday, Aug. 18. (rain date Aug. 25) Artopee Way Drive-in- ‘Summer of Soul’ Artopee Way Municipal Parking Lot- South of Main Street
The Artopee Way Municipal Parking Lot will be converted into a pop-up drive-in theater as we project “Summer of Soul” onto a 6 story building across from the parking lot. This free screening of the Oscar-winning, epic concert film celebrates the music and art of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. You can tune into a radio station for movie audio from your car or bring lawn chairs/blankets and view from a designated area and listen to audio from surrounding speakers.
6:30pm, Wednesday, Aug. 21, Nyack Library, Screening What Happened To Jackson Avenue
A free screening about a Nyack neighborhood that no longer exists told by those who once lived there. Discussion with Bill Batson
This program is made possible with funds from Arts Alive, a regrant program of Arts Westchester, with support from the office of the Governor, New York State Legislature, and the New York State Council on the Arts and the Support of the Village of Nyack.
Summer of Soul Sunday is presented by Rivertown Film. Additional sponsors are: The Village of Nyack, Wright Bros., Nyack NAACP, Nyack Center and Angel Nyack
