NewFilmmakers Presents IN THE SHADOW OF BUDDHA, TRIANGLE FIRE, et al. 3/21 & 3/23
By: Lauren Wolman Mar. 20, 2011
The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. NewFilmmakers LA screens in the Stanley Kramer Theater at the Sunset Gower Studio. Many features screened at NewFilmmakers are now available on NewFilmmakers Online.
Tickets for the evening at NewFilmmakers NY, are only $6 and are available at the Anthology Box Office the night of screening.Visit NewFilmmakers.com for more informationMonday, March 21st
6:00 PM Documentary Series
Heather Kessinger IN THE SHADOW OF BUDDHA
In the Shadow of Buddha takes us to the seldom seen world of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in northernmost India. Many Buddhists believe that one cannot attain enlightenment in the body of a woman, so what compels these women to dedicate their lives to being a n
Joe Petrilla THE LINE
Pierre M. Coleman HELLO, MY NAME IS TROUBLE
Shane Dewalt RAIMO'S PLACE
Barry Kneller LIFE OF LEMON
Wednesday, March 23rd
6:00 PM Film Of The Month Screening
Every Month NewFilmmakers awards The Film Of The month to the most watched film on NewFilmmakers Online, Winners receive a screening in New York and an award plaque as well as a NewFilmmakers Ecard to our 20,000 person mailing list.
Fred Uhter
DRIVE SOMEWHERE, THE SAGA OF THE VULGAR BOATMEN
NewFilmmakers remembers the Triangle Fire ninety-nine years ago.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was one of the largest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers, most of them women, who either died from the fire or jumped from the fatal height.
Domestic Worker United WORK AND RESPECT
200,000 women work in New York homes as housekeepers and nannies. Mostly women of color and often undocumented, their work is not covered by labor law.
Jamila Wignot TRIANGLE FIRE
It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City's history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same. Courtesy American Experience/PBS.
Gianfranco Norelli PANE AMARO
A comprehensive depiction of the Italian American experience in the United States and traces their social, economic, and poltical transformation. The film includes the stories of the Italian migrant garment workers who perished in the fire. Historian Gerald Meyer will introduce the film and discuss the fire.
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