Docs (and Other Fare) in the BK Starting Tonight

Just a reminder that the 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival begins tonight with the opening night screening of Able Danger, shot in Brooklyn, and partly based on the work of Sander Hicks and his revolutionary Brooklyn cafe-bookstore, Vox Pop.  The festivities take place at the Lyceum starting at 7:30.

There's also a great documentary program slated: this weekend at the Lyceum, I'll be hosting screenings of Enrica Caruso's ABC Colombia at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow.  Then at 4:00 p.m., we're showing Jerry Rothwell's Heavy Load and at 10:00 p.m., Andreas Geiger's Pang Nat Det.  On Sunday at 10:00 p.m., Carny by Alison Murray will have its US premiere--its world premiere was at Hot Docs in Toronto (a still from the film pictured). 

Click here for more info on all the feature, documentary, shorts, experimental and animation programs in store this week.  I'm pretty sure that Brooklyn is home to more filmmakers per capita than Hollywood at this point, so come out and support your hometown festival, folks.