By Alicia Cruz Senior writer
Theblackurbantimes
The Rooftop Films free outdoor screening of BRONX PRINCESS {Documentary Film HDCAM Digital VideoFestival/Academic Length: 38 min / 30 minBroadcast Length: 26 min} has been delayed due to inclement weather.
The feature will instead be shown on Tuesday, Sepetember 1 at 9 pm in Mullaly Park in the Bronx (corner of East 165th Street and Jerome Avenue next to Yankee Stadium).
There will also be West African musical performances by Blitz the Ambassador, Mamarazzi, and storyteller Kewulay Kamara. They will begin at 6 pm.
Bronx Princess tells the story of a 17-year-old West African girl who leaves her mom in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana. Filmed during the summer after her last year in High School to her freshman year in college, the film is follows Rocky as she explores her West African parents ideas about adulthood and other issues. In the end, Rocky reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence.
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oming-of-age documentary is sure to be a hit. Don't miss the broadcast on POV series on PBS in next month.
oming-of-age documentary is sure to be a hit. Don't miss the broadcast on POV series on PBS in next month. Bronx Princess, which premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and the Berlinale, is a Yoni Brook production made possible by The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Cinereach.
Brook, a former photojournalist for the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, and The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal, is now an independent photographer and film director. Some of his work includes photographing Hurricane Katrina for Fortune Magazine. Brook's keen ability to elevate an ordinary photographic moment into a story without using a word is phenomenal.
He has earned the field's highest honors at the Pictures of the Year International and he was the youngest ever to be selected for Ph
oto District News' “30 Photographers to Watch”. At one time he was an instructor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
oto District News' “30 Photographers to Watch”. At one time he was an instructor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Brook directed "A Son’s Sacrifice" (One of my favorite documentary films!) which won the Best Documentary Short at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed by The US State Department to over 130 consulates and embassies around the world as part of its religious diversity initiative.
His other works include Icelandic Winter, The Calling (Co-Director) and 9/11. Brooks is an alumnus of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Thanks to event sponsor BJ's Wholesale Club.
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