Parents. These two projects turn their cameras on the stories, knowledge and insight passed down from the people who brought us into this world. Every Day Is A Holiday follows Theresa Loong’s quest to find out about her father’s journey from Malaysian teenager to Chinese POW in a Japanese camp to US citizen. And Cooking By Heart shares the joy that happens when family recipes find their way from one generation to the next.

Cooks from the Cooking By Heart videos will prepare a special plate from two distinct traditions: a masala from India and a joloff rice recipe from Nigeria. With a special collaborative performance from Moviehouse’s own Shantell Martin’s work with a live cellist.

Featuring :

Every Day Is A Holiday by Theresa Loong

Growing up, filmmaker Theresa Loong knew that her father, Paul Loong, was older than most of her friends’ parents. Throughout her youth and young adulthood, Theresa recalls a cheerful father who loved to laugh and play pranks on his kids. But underneath all that laughter, he would show occasional flashes of anger and sadness.

One day, young Theresa asked him innocently about a curious scar on his back. “Everyone has secrets,” he would say.

She knew this much: His road to becoming an American citizen was anything but direct. As a Chinese Malaysian teenager serving in the British Royal Air Force, he spent three years at hard labor as a
prisoner of war in Japan. But it wasn’t until Theresa discovered a hidden diary her father kept while imprisoned, that she uncovered other family secrets.

This work-in-progress showing of “Every Day Is a Holiday” draws upon his experiences to explore contemporary issues of war, immigration, and family.  It celebrates the freedom that comes with confronting the past and facing the future with resilience, forgiveness, and love.

Cooking By Heart by Alana Lowe and Paul Helzer

Cooking by Heart is a series of short videos that document recipes as they are shared across generations. We are learning from extraordinary home cooks as they prepare family favorites with a loved one in the comfort of their own kitchen. We preserve food traditions and document family stories. Or you could say we are telling recipe stories and recording kitchen memories.

MNP

 Without giving so much of the performance away… we make a strong point that we and you are HERE, unlike a lot of shows that want to take you on a journey or an escape to a distant place, we want to create the opposite space. We start with an image of a door that we all walked through and slowly bring in some sound, some recorded conversation that was going on before the show – so people are like – hang on, I know that door/space I came through it to get here, hang on that’s thingy bobs voice…. People are instantly but in a very subtle way brought into that place called now and here - then we really begin. I will start with my voice looper repeating some spoken words, normally a question I heard someone say or the longitude and latitude of our current location …… I/my noise fades out Anna with her awesome cello come in and the live drawing also begins…

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A remarkable installation and two stunning films that delve into movement and sound in a most haunting way.

Featuring:
Below the Metal, Skin by Ann Robideaux and Alexandra Shilling

In the belly of a machine (ship), a man and woman appear to have grown out of the mechanism, operating its parts in repetition and maneuvering through unwelcoming spaces.  The piece utilizes both site and movement to explore dualities: human and machine, skin and metal, task and pleasure, water and steel as all footage was shot aboard the Tender “Lilac”, a steamship docked on Manhattan’s Pier 40. Through sound and video, we transpose site into a blank space, allowing the audience to relocate to this re-imagined world.
below the metal, skin is a multi-channel installation with three screens and three sound sources, two ambient and one composed of sounds recorded on-location by Australia-based sound artist Camilla Maling.

Choreography: Ann Robideaux and Alexandra Shilling
Brought to Life by: Alberto Denis and Heather Inglis

Videography: Skye MacLeod and Ann Robideaux

Original Sound: Camilla Maling (AUS)

Editing: Alexandra Shilling

Costumes: Elizabeth Dran
Make-Up: Kathryn Shearing

Encounter
Encounter explores the curiosity, fear and mistrust that is so common when faced with something (or someone) unfamiliar, and the constant shift between resistance and acceptance, to finally arrive at a place of humbleness and mutual understanding. The video is in two parts, and originally screened as part of a commissioned piece for dance, video and string quartet in five sections to music by Magnar Am.

December 11 // 3rd Ward
7 pm Doors & Food // 8 pm Films

Join us for a sneak peak at the amazing documentary about the potential death of the acoustic by Josh Granger, Maxine Trump, & Kurt Wallin. Plus catch a live acoustic performance by Halina Larsson mixed with Shantell's visuals and some yummy snacks from Holland & Grey Ravioli.

If the overlogging of the world’s forests continues, countless species face extinction and our carbon emissions will skyrocket. But there is about to be another casualty in this war on wood…the acoustic guitar. If things don’t change, in less than 10 years the guitar as we know it will be no more…

Musicwood follows a Coalition of the world’s foremost guitar makers as they attempt to save the old-growth trees of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. To do this they will have to deal with a logging company of Native Americans who have been in the area for 10,000 years. Native Americans who’ve notoriously been given a raw deal from the US government. So cultures will clash. To get them to change won’t be easy; it’s their livelihood that’s also at risk.

Musicwood tells this story by joining the Coalition on their journey to Alaska, getting behind the scenes in the negotiations, and framing it all with a soundtrack of major acoustic guitar performances. Interviews with leading experts, a rare chance to hear the Native American perspective, and some of the most dramatic scenery in the United States. Musicwood is an ecological investigation, a cultural history and an adventurous journey to the heart of primeval forest.

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November 13 // 3rd Ward
7 pm Doors and Food // 8 pm Films

We've invited our friends at Kinetic Cinema over for some dance films and deep conversation. Be part of the launch of a very special project on marriage, plus catch the debut of our new resident VJ, Shantell Martin.

Kinetic Cinema is a screening series that explores the intersection of dance and film through the lens of guest curators that are artists themselves. For Moviehouse, choreographer and dance critic Aynsley Vandenbroucke will present a program that explores the institution of marriage both in light of the recent fights and victories for gay marriage, and her personal quest for creative models of partnership that celebrate individuality while providing true, long-lasting support. In this evening of Kinetic Cinema, we’ll look at questions of marriage as explored in a number of films. We’ll discuss and debate them, and the dialogue that ensues will be recorded and used to form the foundation for a new performance piece Vandenbroucke is making surrounding these questions.

Aynsley Vandenbroucke’s work has been hailed as “meticulously distilled” by the New York Press and deemed akin to “attending a service in an unfamiliar house of worship, ritualistic, meditative” by the New York Times.

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October 9 // 3rd Ward
7 pm Doors and Food // 8 pm Films

The heartfelt thought-provoking documentary that previewed at Moviehouse in 2010 returns for a very special screening.

American Meat explores the complexities embedded in the highly debated practices of the American meat industry. As the economy drives a contraction of conventional chicken, pork and beef operations, we hear the innovative methods of the charismatic, Virginia-based farmer, Joel Salatin. Joel, who is a leader of the growing niche of people who are opting for animals raised outside and without the use of antibiotics, believes that if more people become sustainable farmers, the movement could fracture centralized commodity production.

Conventional farmers argue that small-scale farming can’t expand production enough to adequately meet the demands of the nation. As the dialogue ensues, Salatin signs a deal with fast-food chain Chipotle in a surprising move, with widespread implications for the industry.

Plus, come early for food by ABCD's of Cooking.

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Featuring:
The Other Side by Blue Muse Dance

In everyday life, when facing certain situations, conflicts occur in the head -- we're swimming between common sense and insane, between calm and chaos. The Other Side mixes dance, sound, and video to create a landscape of the mind.

Prologue to a Cyclops by Nathan Punwar

First created for Moviehouse in 2010 as a silent film to be scored by three composers, Prologue to a Cyclops has now been passed on the many more musicians each creating their own unique soundtrack for the film. In it, Francis, a modern-day cyclops embarrassed of his single eye, hides away from the world until he is lured out of seclusion by Lina Rae, delivery girl and photographer extraordinaire. Inspired by her camera, he becomes obsessed with creating a two-eyed device to make him appear normal, but it threatens to sacrifice his unique vision

Made possible by the Open Space Alliance and City Councilwoman Diana Reyna. Full details here.

Monday, July 11, 8pm
New Children New York
New Children/New York is an intimate portrait of the struggles and perseverance of young immigrants coming of age in a rarely seen New York City. Set in a community workshop in Bushwick, a Latino immigrant and low-income neighborhood of Brooklyn, the documentary follows three young people among a group of students who are studying filmmaking.

Monday, July 25, 8pm
Two-Minute Madness: Best of Filmshop
North Brooklyn's finest film collective: The Filmshop has produced more than 100 two minute films in the past 3 years. For one very special night they're bringing the very best ones to CinemaParque! Meet all the filmmakers following the show.

Monday, Aug 8, 8pm
Video Street Theater
Spontaneity sneaks in with three films that take public performance from the street to the screen. There’s the terror of Heartocalypse by Matt Silver, the romance of John Bonafede’s (International) Kiss A Stranger With A Scale Day, and the sheer joy of Free Hugs from Zach Timm and Matt Rivera.

Monday August 22, 8pm
Sternberg Dances
Local park-goers of all ages, encouraged by choreographer Ann Robideaux, participate in a community dance collaboration resulting in a montage of movement and other talents for the camera. Open to everyone, this site-specific dance film celebrates Sternberg Park’s unique personalities and social community in one of Williamsburg’s most historic parks.

May 21, 2011, 2 pm
195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

VJs square off in a mesmerizing test of music, video and audience participation as part of 3rd Ward's birthday bash! Featuring Jesse Mann and Sebastian the Sand Animator.

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195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

A unique experiment in film and sound. Four composing teams (Sam Pluta & Peter Evans, Dan Edinberg, Whit Bernard & Adam Pogoff, and Moviehouse’s own Clay Franklin) created soundtracks without movies. Next four filmmakers (Jill Sigman, Chris King, Nathan Punwar, Andres Cortes) made films four the soundtracks. Finally we removed the first soundtrack and allowed a different composing team make a brand new soundtrack.

Come see each film with two different soundtracks and watch as the filmmakers and musicians see their work interpreted by another artist.


Come at 7pm get a sneak preview of what Small Batch Brooklyn is dreaming up for the upcoming Brooklyn Night Bazaar...sandwiches that are both elegant and over the top, inspired by years of snacking in restaurant kitchens and culinary explorations around the globe. Slow cooked meats, fresh seasonal produce, simple ideas and off-beat preparations take the humble sandwich to new places.

Featuring :

Andres CortesNathan Punwar                                

Jill SigmanChris King

March 13, 2011, 7pm

195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Wondrous dance films from epic locations. From Japan to Europe and even under the sea watch as performers deliver remarkable movement stories in locales quite unfamiliar to dance. With new films from Salts, Sharp Elbow, Zena Bibler and little dances everywhere, Chisa Hidaka, and Lauren Kritzer.

Come at 7pm and start the night off with some exotic snacks by Brooklyn Hummus. On the menu: hummus as you know it (creamy and served with pita), warm spiced chickpeas, and ... the crown jewel ...Msabaha, warm chickpeas in a special, spicy tahini sauce. A little bit somewhere else in the 3rd Ward lobby.

Featuring

BB123 by Salts

The two films are part of the installation project BB123 created via site specific filming in Iceland and Denmark.The project was inspired by the close connection the two Nordic nations have. With BB123 the filmmakers draw a poetic image of nature and human relations. Beach (strönd/strand) was individually filmed in Iceland and Denmark. The dancers are edited together on the screen to one choreography. Forest (skógur/skov), is a Danish Solo in a forest North of Copenhagen.

Together by Chisa Hidaka

Recognized as Best Experimental Film at its world premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival, ʻTogether: Dancing with Spinner Dolphinsʼ is the debut film of the Dolphin Dance Project. It portrays Chisa and wild Spinner Dolphins forging a tender relationship through the graceful language of dance in the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. While directing and performing in the film, Chisa used principles of dance improvisation to work with dolphins that are completely wild, participating voluntarily without feeding or any other coercion. To watch ʻTogetherʼ is to see the unfolding of a rare artistic collaboration between a human and completely wild animals. ʻTogetherʼ is a true innovation in dance and inter-species communication. It is also a poetic portrayal of the simple beauty of a human in harmony with Nature.

Yellow by Sharp Elbow

Yellow is a video by Tori Sparks in collaboration with video artist Jessye McDowell and orchestrated to the music of the New York-based band Antler. Yellow is the third installation of Sparks’ Trilogy of Two. Trilogy of Two is a series of movement-based videos featuring independent bands Towers of Hanoi, Hot Snakes and Antler. The underlying theme of each installation explores “twinning”, the shared identity of two identical characters who are experiencing the pitfalls of seeking individual sovereignty.

Dune Dance by Zena Bibler & little dances everywhere

Dune(s) dance on a blustery day in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Choreographed, created, danced, and filmed on the spot. May 2010.

Overboard by Lauren Kritzer

Overboard was shot in Bimini, Bahamas by Lauren Kritzer using only a humble FlipCam. The experimental short, void of any dialogue, reflects on a deeply personal experience of the filmmaker. With strong sound design and dramatic imagery, Lauren hopes to bring the viewer on an emotional journey.