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Congrats to Prof. Kelly Anderson’s “My Brooklyn”

Prof. Kelly Anderson’s documentary “My Brooklyn” wins Audience Awards! The prize was shared with Su Friedrich’s film “Gut Renovation.”

Brooklyn, NY [June 2012] – The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) is proud to announce the winners for its annual festival, themed DECOY. The competitive event ran from June 1 through June 10 at indieScreen in Williamsburg and Brooklyn Heights Cinema.

Winners were chosen from 104 film premieres that were selected from over 2,000 submissions coming from 111 countries. This year, BFF featured more than 30 New York City based film directors with over a dozen projects shot in Brooklyn.

Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awarded the 2012 winners with a total of $57,000 in prizes and film services.

PASSIONATE POLITICS California premiere June 15th

PASSIONATE POLITICS California premiere June 15th
SAN FRANCISCO newspaper about the festival

Passionate Politics: The Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch is a harrowing documentary about lesbian activist and author Bunch, who has been fighting for our rights since the 1960s. Produced and directed by New York’s Hunter College professor Tami Gold, the 58-minute film plays June 15 along with A Force of Nature, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple’s (Harlan County, USA) documentary short about Ellen Ratner, an out lesbian and head of the Talk Radio News. Passionate Politics co-producer David Pavlosky is expected to attend a post-screening Q&A.

Article about the upcoming Mainline Festival, w/ a Passionate Politics shout-out:: 4th paragraph down

http://www.queerty.com/gayby-buck-angel-and-margaret-cho-at-this-years-frameline-film-festival-20120608/

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