Update #74: Daily News hits it out of the park
The Daily News hit it out of the park on Sunday. In a summer preview about Battle For Brooklyn, and the new Woody Allen film, News film editor Joe Neumaier had this to say.
Early next month will see the perfect combination of movie and event,
and not just because of a title. The opening-night selection of "Battle
for Brooklyn" at the Brooklyn Film Festival — screening June 3 at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema (and opening at Cinema Village on June 17) — will be a form-and-function moment in which directors Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley's absorbing, important documentary
will unspool in the borough it captures in transition.
The movie, about the fight by Prospect Heights resident Daniel Goldstein and community advocates to halt the Forest City Ratner firm from using Eminent Domain to relocate residents in order to build the Atlantic Yards development has heart, soul and chutzpah. (Insert your own punchline there about the Yards' future tenant, the New Jersey Nets.)
Feisty
but fairly reported, "Battle" chronicles not only the resistance to the
change but also the origins of an advocacy group − Brooklynite Goldstein's
evolution from apartment owner to activist, and the life changes that
arrived along with it − and the way New Yorkers rally when it's time to
fight.
Like last year's doc "The Vanishing City," about the de facto purchasing of Manhattan blocks by corporate landlords, the movie will resonate with those who worry for the city's soul.
The
time line that drives "Battle for Brooklyn" makes it as urgent as any
Hollywood thriller. The fact that its real-life ending sits not far from
the Brooklyn Film Festival's backyard makes it even more gripping, and
gut-wrenching.
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RUMUR is an award winning multimedia production studio based in Brooklyn. Collaborating with high profile clients in the news, entertainment, consumer products, and non-profit industries, partners David Beilinson, Suki Hawley and Michael Galinksy bring an extensive array of skills and a tireless commitment to creating excellent and innovative work, regardless of medium.
