Brooklyn Filmmakers

05/09/08

5:00PM - 8:30PM

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5th Avenue Tour

Brooklyn Maqam Cultural Walking Tours are made possible by American Express®. Use the card to eat and shop along the way as you experience Brooklyn’s Arab neighborhoods and cultures.

Answering the Call to Prayer

Arab-Influenced Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety ... more

Answering the Call to Prayer: Arab Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn

Sunday, March 30 Brooklyn Public Library/Grand Army Plaza, Stevan A. Dweck Center 1:30-3:30pm

Application Guidelines

GROUPS: Independent; College Student; or Youth (K-12). The youth group is open to group and school projects. CATEGORIES: Narrative; Documentary; Experimental; Animation; Video Installation; Brook... more

Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review

Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHERE: Fr... more

Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review

Friday, March 14 Lafayette Grill and Bar (Manhattan) 7:30-10:30pm

Atlantic Avenue Tour

Roots of the Community: Where It Began On Saturday, May 10th from noon to 3:00p.m., BAC Folk Arts will tour Atlantic Avenue, including stops at Rashid’s Music, the oldest Arab music store in New Yo... more

Awards

Best Film with recognition of Excellence in Directing, Producing, Editing, and Original Score Manhattan, Kansas dir. Tara Wray Best Film, Sixth Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival with r... more

Bassil Touma

Touma grew up singing traditional Lebanese songs at parties, festivals and with his school choir in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. As a teenager, Touma enrolled in Tripoli’s music conservator... more

Brooklyn Maqam Begins: Dance and Music from the Arab World

Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Su... more

Brooklyn’s Maqam: Reinventing Arab Music in the Borough

Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Fri... more

Brooklyn’s Maqam: Reinventing Arab Music in the Borough

Friday, March 7 BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 9:00-10:30pm

Cantor Yehezkel Zion

Yehezkel Zion, born in Jerusalem, is of Iraqi descent and comes from a very musically talented Baghdad family. His father was a singer and drummer and his siblings, all living in Israel, practice musi... more

Cine Banneker

The Cine Banneker High Schools Film Festival is made possible, in part, with public and private funds from United Homes and New York City Councilmember Leticia James.

Coffeeshop Hafla

Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Fri... more

Coffeeshop Hafla

Friday, March 28 Tarboosh Cafe 9:00pm-Midnight

Cultural Walking Tours

BOOK YOUR SPACE FOR WALKING TOURS OF THE BOROUGH'S ARAB NEIGHBORHOODS. The Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival drew many of its talented musicians and its inspiration from two thriving Arab neighbor... more

Diverse Traditions: Arab Folk Music in Regional Expression

Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Sat... more

Diverse Traditions: Arab Folk Music in Regional Expression

Saturday, March 29 Alwan for the Arts 9:00 -11:00pm

Experimental Film Screening

Is Anyone Not Ready? dirs. Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty (shaun_irons@hotmail.com/lalapetty@gmail.org) Experimental Documentary, 12mins, 2007 World Premiere Director Will Be In Attendance Is An... more

Featured Filmmakers

SpotlightBrooklyn filmmakers Desmond Andrews and Tracey Platero

FILM FESTIVAL

Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Brooklyn’s longest running film festival, has served independent film and video artists for 42 years. The BAC Festival provides opportunities for fil... more

Films

Eyeshot dir. Diana Heise (dianaheise@aol.com) Documentary, 20mins, 2006 World Premiere After 30 years of silence, my uncle unearthed his collection of 8mm film reels, 35mm slides, and objects f... more

Get Involved

We are always looking for dependable volunteers for the BAC International Film and Video Festival. Volunteers should have an interest in the arts, relevant experience, and must be committed to ful... more

Hip Hop Frontiers

Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Hisham

Born in Nador, Morroco, to a family that practices music traditions, Hisham began playing percussion at age 13. His first lessons in music came from his cousin and a close friend, both of whom played ... more

Independent Filmmakers - The Power of Art

Long Island University, Spike Lee Screening Room 1 University Plaza (at Flatbush and Dekalb), Brooklyn

Independent Filmmakers – A Contemplation of Power

Long Island University, Spike Lee Screening Room 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn At Flatbush Ave and DeKalb Ave

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