Rockaway film festival
Upcoming events
Saturday
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Jun 21
8:30 pm
Free
a provocative jewel of 1970s Brazilian cinema. Co-presented with Alfreda's Cinema in celebration of Juneteenth and Pride Month.
Saturday
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Jun 28
8:30 pm
Free
Sidney Lumet's razor-sharp satire-turned-prophesy of media and political culture. Co-presented by Hell Gate.
Saturday
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Jul 26
8:30 pm
Free
In the early '90s, two friends set out on a quest to find New York City’s perfect slice of pizza. Co-presented by Filmmaker Magazine.
bringing cinema back to the peninsula.
Rockaway's last operating movie theater closed in 1996, leaving the peninsula as the largest cinema desert in all of NYC. Since our founding in 2018, we have put together more than seven different cinema venues for our community to gather in the dark, by the light.