QWff opening Night sold out March 15!!

OPENING NIGHT IS SOLD OUT

so unless you bought tickets online there will be no tickets at the door-

BUT THERE 4 more days at 4 locations with 142 films and After parties!

I am hosting THURSDAY at PS 69 in Jackson Heights! details to follow

QUEENS WORLD FILM FEST 6. (http://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/events/).. If you feel the Academy Awards EXCLUDED emerging people of color and women filmmakers - see the films and meet the filmmakers who, despite financial and cultural obstacles, created classics that inspire international innovation in story telling today!

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1970's BLACK CINEMA PIONEER - creating a genre for future filmmakers

"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" with Melvin Van Peebles
venue: Museum of the Moving Image (http://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/venues/)
address: 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
when: Wed. March 16, 2016 @7pm
This year's "Spirit of Queens" Award goes to independent film director Melvin Van Peebles and we will celebrate him with a screening of his work in the beautiful Redstone Theatre.

Peebles is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, painter and composer. Successful in every medium, Van Peebles is most famous for his movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song‎, which heralded a new era of African-American cinema. I

On the evening of March 16 at MoMI, a Q&A with the legendary Mr. Peebles, moderated by MoMI trustee Warrington Hudlin, founder of the Black Filmmaker Foundation.

1980's WOMAN DIRECTOR - capturing a generation

Smithereens with Susan Seidelman
venue: Museum of the Moving Image (http://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/venues/)
address: 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
when: Saturday March 19, 2016 @7pm

To highlight the ‎IndieCollect film preservation campaign, Susan Seidelman's 1982 movie, Smithereens, will be showcased at MoMI on Closing Night, Saturday, March 19. The Smithereensnegative was found by the IndieCollect team in the vaults of DuArt Film & Video after DuArt closed its photo-chemical division, and was placed at the Academy Film Archive for safekeeping.

Smithereens was the first American independent feature to be shown in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The international rights toSmithereens were recently acquired by SHOUT! Factory (shoutfactory.com), and the film will be released by The Criterion Collection. Susan Seidelman subsequently directed the hugely successful movie, Desperately Seeking Susan, featuring Madonna in her screen debut and the Sex and the City TV Pilot.

Event starts at 7:00 and will be followed by a Q & A with Ms. Seidelman and IndieCollects Executive Director Sandra Schulberg.

Go online and see if there is a block of film that inspires you... there are after parties and opportunities to meet local and international filmmakers too -

BUY TICKETS (http://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/festival/)and see you at the shows!

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