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We were very lucky to have survived, and privileged to have had homes in New York to go back to. For the real victims the catastrophe won’t be over for months and years. So the screening of this video is being used to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, which provides housing for those left homeless along the Gulf Coast.

A Corner of Her Eye
MiniDV, 18 minutes

Three brothers from New York match their wits and bodies against the escalating fury of Katrina. A first-hand experience of her approach, landfall and aftermath in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Screening and fundraiser for victims of hurricane Katrina:

Thursday, October 13, 2005

White Rabbit
145 East Houston Street
New York City
(between Eldridge and Forsyth Sts., right next door from the Sunrise Theater)
Subway: F to Second Ave. Station

Doors open 6:30 pm
Screening at 8:00 pm
Requested donation: $10

$5 cocktail specials and $3 Dos Equis until 8pm. No one will be turned away. Larger donations are welcome. Tax-deductible checks can be made out to Habitat for Humanity.

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Sat, Oct 8 at 4:30, 9:15pm
BAM Rose Cinemas
Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Street, Brooklyn, NY
Ph: 718.636.4100

Rising Up: The Alams was produced by Konrad Aderer (Life or Liberty), as part of Third World Newsreel's Call For Change series.

Third World Newsreel’s Call for Change:
The Immigrant Experience (68min)
BAM Rose Cinemas

Featuring RISING UP: THE ALAMS, WE TOO SING AMERICA, SAJ: MUSLIM IN AMERICA , DASTAAR:DEFENDING SIKH IDENTITY, AMONG THE FIRST TO DIE, JUST RALPH, RESPECT

These new short films all deal with multi-faceted issues that face the immigrant community in New York and beyond after September 11.

There will be a talkback with the filmmakers and community group leaders after the 4:30pm screening. Groups featured include: DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), the Sikh Coalition and Domestic Workers United.

info and tickets:
http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=39

Directions and parking:
http://www.bam.org/visitor/direction.aspx

General admission $10. Tickets are available at the BAM Rose Cinemas box office, by phone at 718.777.FILM, or online at www.bam.org.

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Coney Island Film Festival
Sunday October 2nd
2pm
Sideshows By The Seashore
3006 West 12th St.
Coney Island, Brooklyn

Rising Up: The Alams

Documentary, 11 minutes, MiniDV

director/DP: Konrad Aderer

In this short documentary we meet the Alams, a Bangladeshi family living in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Mohammed Alam, father to two young U.S.-born daughters, is one of 13,000 immigrants facing deportation as a consequence of Special Registration, a post-9/11 policy which targeted nationals of Muslim countries. But the Alams are not just victims. Learn how they fight back as members of South Asian community organization D.R.U.M. (Desis Rising Up and Moving).

Rising Up: The Alams was produced as part of the non-profit media project Life or Liberty, as part of Third World Newsreel's Call For Change series.

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