MAY


Saturday, May 11, 2013 @ 8:00pm
Screening | Panel Discussion
Screening of award-winning Rafea: Solar Mama. Followed by an engaging conversation with director Mona Eldaief, Kellie Terry-Sepulveda of The Point CDC, Diana Mao, Co-Founder and president of Nomi Network, Sonia Russell of Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association and Jose Made of Accion.


APRIL

BDC Fundraiser Gala | Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:00pm

Join us for a special screening of “Which Way is the Frontline from Here?” 

Followed by an intimate conversation with director Sebastian Junger, producer James Brabazon, filmmaker Idil Ibrahim, former Newsweek editor Jamie Wellford, contributing El Pais writer Andrea Aguilar and photojournalist and BDC Co-Founder Mike Kamber

RSVP Required. 

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Saturday, April 13, 7:30PM
Q+A with Director Michael Brown, subject of the film Staff Sergeant Katherine “Rizzo” Ragazzino, Jason Hansman of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
Admission $10, Children 17 and under free.
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MARCH

We will be offering free Easter Day portraits for Bronx residents as part of the Bronx Documentary Center’s ongoing Holiday Portrait series. Stop in Sunday, March 31, from 11AM-2PM and get your photo taken. Each couple or group will get a free 8x10 print, extra prints are $5 each. 

Due to past demand, this offer is for Bronx residents with ID only.

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Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues (RISC) Group Show
Friday March 29, 7:30pm
Slideshow and Video Screening
For one night only view the work of international photographers, journalists and videographers taking part in the third RISC training program.
Suggested donation:$10
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Invasion: Diaries and Memories of War in Iraq
Thursday March 14, 6:30-9:00pm
Opening Reception
By Tim McLaughlin, Gary Knight and Peter Maass
The exhibition features the remarkable war diaries of Marine Lt. Timothy McLaughlin, along with texts by Peter Maass and photographs by Gary Knight.
Free and open to the public.
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Seis del Sur Panel Discussion
Saturday March 9, 7:30pm
Closing panel discussion and slideshow with the photographers Joe Conzo, Jr, Ricky Flores, Angel Franco, David Gonzalez, Edwin Pagán, Francisco Molina Reyes II.
Suggested donation: $7 Adult, $5 Student. 18 and Under Free. 
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New York Stories
Thursday March 7, 8pm
New York is a city full of stories. Join us for a night that celebrates the five boroughs. Five short documentary films will be screened.
Suggested donation: $5
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Activism from the Ashes:
Community Organizing in the South Bronx
Saturday March 2, 7:30pm
Three generations of activists from Longwood/Hunts Point - spanning more than a half century of experience - give their unique perspectives on the South Bronx. Panel discussion organized by New York Times’s and Seis del Sur member David Gonzales. Suggested donation: $7 Adult, $5 Student. 18 and Under Free.
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FEBRUARY 

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Saturday February 23, 10am-3pm
Portfolio Review
Network and get critiqued from the top photo editors in the industry at a portfolio review on Sat. February 23. Limited slots see the incredible reviewers and register here: http://www.bronxdoxworkshop.org/
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Saturday February 23, 7:30pm
Latinos Beyond the Reel: Challenging a Media Stereotype
Q+A with filmmakers Miguel Picker, Chyng Sun & Edwin Pagan
Drawing on the insights of Latino scholars, journalists, community leaders, actors, directors, and producers, the film uncovers a pattern of gross misrepresentation and gross under-representation — a world in which Latinos tend to appear, if at all, as gangsters and Mexican bandits, harlots and prostitutes, drug dealers and welfare-leeching illegals. Suggested donations: $7 Adult, $5 Student. 18 and Under Free.
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Feb. 16, 7:30pm
Fashion Moda:
A Legacy of Community and Creativity in the South Bronx
Photographer Lisa Kahane and painter/animator Jane Dickson will present their work followed by a discussion with Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon moderated by Ed Morales. The evening will focus on exploring and celebrating Fashion Moda, an artist-founded and run not-for-profit art and performance space founded in 1978 in the South Bronx.
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FEB. 9 @ 7:30pm- Steel Canvases
Legendary graffiti chronicler Henry Chalfant, author of Subway Art, will present a slideshow of his rarely seen images followed by a panel discussion with Bronx legends Crash and Tats Cru. Eric Felisbret, author ofGraffiti New York, will moderate and have copies of his book on hand.
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JANUARY 

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From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 7:30PM
Q+A with director Henry Chalfant and producer Elena Martinez
Exploring how music helped create and sustain the South Bronx community, this acclaimed documentary chronicles 2 generations who grew up on the same streets, and used rhythm as their form of rebellion. For the older generation it was the pulsating rhythms of Cuban mambo and for their children it was the rhythms of the birth of hip-hop.
Suggested donation: $5 Student, $7 Adult, Free 18 & under
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Opening Reception Saturday January 19  
Seis del Sur: Dispatches From Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers
Photographs by Joe Conzo, Jr, Ricky Flores, Angel Franco, David Gonzalez,Edwin Pagan, Francisco Molina Reyes II
Photo credit: Ricky Flores


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ROSS KAUFFMAN
One-Day Documentary Film Workshop
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 10AM-4PM
Advanced Registration Required
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DECEMBER

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SCREENING & Q+A with Director Jim Hubbard
Friday, December 7, 7:30PM
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT-UP
About the Film
An inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference and government neglect.
FREE
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SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION
Please RSVP to Events@bronxdoc.org 
We’re pleased to partner with VII and Think Outside the Cell to present The Long Shadow of Incarceration’s Stigma. 
PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWING WITH:
VII Photographers: Ashley Gilbertson and Ron Haviv
Think Outside the Cell Foundation Executive Director: Sheila Rule
Film Subjects: Ronald F. Day and Mercedes Smith
Suggested donation: $7 Adult, $5 Student, Free 18 and under.
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NOVEMBER 

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SCREENING & Q+A with Principal Edward Tom
Saturday, November 3, 7:00PM
The documentary chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the very first year of the Bronx Center for Science & Mathematics, an innovative public high school set in NYC’s South Bronx. This deeply emotional, character-driven documentary focuses on Edward Tom, the school’s dynamic rookie principal, and Sharifea Baskerville, a talented but troubled ninth-grade girl.
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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WORKSHOP with SEBASTIAN JUNGER
*ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED*
Saturday, November 10, 10:00am-4:00pm
Unique opportunity to participate in a one-day non-fiction narrative writing workshop with award-winning author, journalist and documentarian, Sebastian Junger.
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SCREENING & Q+A with INTERNETS CELEBRITIES
Saturday, November 17, 7:30PM
INTERNETS CELEBRITIES
About the Internet Celebrities
The Internets Celebrities make videos exposing injustice of all sorts— economic, political AND culinary. Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam—two accomplished bloggers who bring their bold style to the visual realm—along with director Casimir Nozkowski uncover truths and celebrate urban culture. Bending and breaking the fine line between non-fiction and satire, Dallas, Rafi and Casimir shoot exclusively on-location, uncovering the hard-to-reach but no less fascinating corners of our society. The ICs will stop at nothing to speak truth to power in videos that employ their unique, accessible, dramatic, and cost-effective aesthetic.
Suggested donation: $7 Adults, $5 Students, Free 18 and under.
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OCTOBER

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SCREENING & Q+A with director Rashaad Ernesto Green and producer Ron Simons
Saturday, October 27, 7:00PM
GUN HILL ROAD
The Sundance Film Festival nominated Gun Hill Road, follows an ex-con as he returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test. Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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SCREENING
Saturday, October 20, 7:00PM
THROUGH THE FIRE
Award-winning film considered to be one of the best basketball documentaries ever made, chronicles the journey of Coney Island basketball star, Sebastian Telfair, from famed Lincoln High School straight to the NBA.
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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INTERACTIVE Screening
Saturday, October 13, 7:00PM
TALK TO THE SCREEN: FELA KUTI: MUSIC IS THE WEAPON
The definitive film on Fela, the Black President, the creator of Afro-beat.  Shot in Lagos at the peak of his career in 1982, this documentary contains interviews with Fela detailing his thoughts on politics, Pan-Africanism, music and religion, alongside unpublished versions of songs like ITT, Army Arrangement and Power Show.  
Singing, dancing and other forms of engagement are encouraged from the audience while watching the film. Followed by a Fela dance party DJ’d by Michael Paul Britto! Organized by Jessica Ann Peavy, Michael Paul Britto and Andrew Bui.
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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SCREENING & Q+A with RISC Participants
Friday, October 12, 7:00PM
Join us this Friday for a group screening of the second cadre of RISC (Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues) trainees. For one night only come see an amazing group of independent journalists who have reported from the front lines in Mexico, Colombia, Syria, Afghanistan and other conflict zones. Each presenter will share his or her work and answer questions from the audience.
A suggested donation of $10 will support RISC and the BDC.
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SCREENING & Q+A with director Marc Levin
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00PM
SECOND COMING? WILL BLACK AMERICA DECIDE 2012 
(See it at the BDC before it’s Oct. 19th debut on BET)
Advance screening of BET News new two-part documentary following President Barack Obama’s journey as he attempts to become a two-term president.The film trails back to the president’s first campaign in 2008 to his accomplishments while in the Oval Office. It also features some of Obama’s celebrity supporters like Kerry Washington, Usher, Snoop Lion and more. 
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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PHOTOGRAPHY & TALK
Thursday, October 4, 7:00PM
STEPHEN FERRY
Photographer and author Stephen Ferry will present work from his book Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict. This photographic work focuses on human rights and on the struggle of Colombian civilians to resist the violence, often at great risk to their own lives.
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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SCREENING & Q+A with Clayton Patterson and The Filmmakers 
Sat, October 6, 7:00PM
CAPTURED
A riveting documentary about Clayton Patterson, prolific photo documentarian of the turbulent Lower East Side for over 30 years— Traversing the outside edge he recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification.
Suggested Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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SEPTEMBER 
 
Sat, Sept 8, 7:30PM-POEMobile. 
Live from the POEMobile
‘Quoth the Raven’: Edgar Allan Poe en El Bronx
Join us for an evening of poetry and live music featuring some of the poems by Edgar Allen Poe, written when he lived in the Bronx in the late 1840s, set to different Afro-Cuban rhythms. Music provided by multi Grammy-nominated drummer Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché. Poetry by Caridad de la Luz aka La Bruja.
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Fri, Sept 14, 8:00PM-Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective.Shorts Night. The Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective will present short documentary works made by its members. The BFC is a tight-knit community of professional filmmakers in Brooklyn, NY, who are dedicated to innovative approaches to filmmaking. The Collective comes together through weekly peer workshops to provide sustained feedback and critiques throughout the life of its members’ projects. Members will be on hand to screen their work and answer questions. Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.

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Sat, Sept 15, 8:00PM-Reportero. 2012. 60 min. Reportero follows veteran reporter Sergio Haro and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana, Mexico-based weekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for members of the media.Followed by Q+A with director Bernardo Ruiz, and members of Committee to Protect Journalists. Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free. 

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Sat, Sept 22, 8:00PM-Bronx Princess and Love Lockdown
Bronx Princess follows headstrong 17-year-old teenager Rocky’s journey as she leaves behind her mother in the Bronx to reunites with her father, a chief in Ghana, West Africa. 
Love Lockdown is a short documentary inspired by the impassioned phone calls and shout-outs made to prisoners on Lockdown Love, a popular late-night radio show in New York City. The film tells the story of Shoshanna, a young mother from the Bronx as she waits to learn the fate of Felix, the father of her children, who is incarcerated and faces a 10 year sentence.  Followed by Q+A with directors Yoni Brook and Nadia Hallgren. Admission: Adults $7. Students $5. Children 18 under Free.
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AUGUST EVENTS

Fri, Aug 17 8:30PM (Doors open at 8:00PM for refreshments)
Art Jones works with film, digital video, audio, and hybrid media.His films/videos, CD-ROMs, live audio/videomixes and installations often concern the inter-relationships between popular music, visual culture, history, and power. He will be playing a selection of  audiovisual work, as well as a few classic reggae, soul, and hip-hop tunes, before he departs to Pakistan for a residency.
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Fri, Aug 10, 8:30PM
Paris Is Burning. 1990. 71 min. An award-winning chronicle of New York’s drag scene in the 1980’s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. Followed by musical entertainment.
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August 3
Reportage by Getty Images photographer Marco Di Lauro presented a slide show and discussion of his award-winning work. 8PM
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JULY 
July 28
Followed by Q+A with director/producer Erica Scharf and producer Christina D. King
7PM outdoor cafe opens
8:30PM film starts
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Sat, July 21
Dog Day Afternoon 
7PM doors open. 8:30PM film starts.

Sat, July 14 
The French Connection
7PM doors open. 8:30PM film starts.

Sat, July 7
Serpico
7PM doors open. 8:30PM film starts.
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JUNE

Sat, June 30, 7PM
Herbalist Workshop held by Robin Rose Bennett
Join us as we explore easy ways to use common kitchen herbs for optimum nourishment.
Free and open to the public.
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Sat, June 2, 4PM-7PM
Bronx Gardens
photographs by Nina Berman
Exhibition Reception and Community Garden Party 
Join us for an afternoon of food, face painting, and garden tours in celebration of the opening of Nina Berman’s Bronx Gardens exhibition at Bronx Documentary Center. Artist will be present.
Free and open to the public.
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MAY
Thu, May 24, 7-9:30PM
OPEN SHOW NYC
Five curated presenters (from students to professionals) have 10 minutes each to show their project while the audience poses questions or provides project feedback. 
Free and open to the public
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APRIL EVENTS

Thu, Apr 19, 7:30 PM 
Bearing Witness. Directed by Marijana Wotton and Barbara Kopple. 2005. 90 min. Presented in partnership with Committee to Protect Journalists in memory of Marie Colvin (1956-2012), Bearing Witness examines the personal and professional lives of five women journalists at different stages in their careers; Molly Bingham, Mary Rogers, Janine di Giovanni, May-Ying Welsh and Colvin.
$10. Children 17 and under free.
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MARCH
Fri, Mar 2, 7:00 PM 
Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook. 1996. 58 min. This award-winning documentary examines the notorious Willowbrook State School for the mentally disabled and its impact on the institution’s survivors and their families. Followed by panel discussion with former Willowbrook residents and families. In partnership with YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities. $10. 
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Thu, Mar 8, 7:00PM
Battle for Brooklyn. 2011. 93 min. Battle for Brooklyn follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Followed by Q&A with director Michael Galinsky and Daniel Goldstein. Presented in partnership with South Bronx Unite to stop Fresh Direct.
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Sat, Mar 10, 7:00 PM 
Strongman. 2009. 113 min.  A New York Times Critics’ Pick, Strongman tells the intimate story of Stanley “Stanless Steel” Pleskun, who can lift dump trucks and bend pennies with his bare hands, but who struggles to transcend his chaotic home life and the toll of his advancing age.  Followed by Q+A with director Zachary Levy. 
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Thu, Mar 15, 7:00 PM 
Restrepo. 2010. 93 min. Co-directed by the late Tim Hetherington, the Academy-nominated film Restrepo chronicles the one-year deployment of a platoon of American soldiers at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. Followed by Q+A with director Sebastian Junger and Sgt. Brendan O’Byrne.
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Sat, March 24, 7:00PM 
Slavery by Another Name. 2012. 90 min. A favorite from the Sundance Film Festival, Slavery by Another Name challenges one of our country’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Followed by Q+A with director/producer Sam Pollard.
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Sat, March 31, 7:00PM
Hell and Back Again. 2011. 128 min. The Academy-nominated film follows 25-year-old Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris on his most difficult mission: coming home after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan. Followed by Q+A with director Danfung Dennis.
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