Guest curated by Jessica Beshir.
7:00PM
MUSIC PERFORMANCE: KYP MALONE
8:00PM
GENERATIONAL BREATHS
Spiritual and fluid, these personal poems evoke universal truths. Conjuring magic passed down by communities across generations, they examine their own origin stories.
ATOPIAS: THE HOMELESS WANDERER by Daniela Yohannes + Julien Béramis. 2023, 27 min.
AS TIME PASSES by Jamil McGinnis. 2022, 14 min.
KEEPING TIME by Darol Olu Kae. 2023, 32 min.
DJ SET by Melissa Lyde at Rockaway Brewing Co.
Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
RFF also thanks Rockaway Artists Alliance and the National Park Service for hosting us in Fort Tilden.
RFF is proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. The festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by FRANC.