Save the date!
BRICK BY BRICK: MoRUS', that radical history museum in the Lower East Side, 11th Annual Film Festival, 155 Ave C, NYC
4 nights in 4 community gardens/parks.
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is holding its 11th Annual Film Festival. Showcasing perspectives on urban housing solutions.
Celebrate urban housing solutions at MoRUS' 11th Annual Film Festival — September 14-17, hosted in a different community garden each night.
10+ films with perspectives on urban housing solutions.
📍 Thursday September 14, 7pm @ Green Oasis
📍 Friday September 15, 7pm @ La Plaza Cultural
📍 Saturday September 16, 7pm @ Tompkins Square Park
📍 Sunday September 17, 7pm @ 6 & B
The first night of MoRUS' film festival, hosted at Green Oasis community garden, will feature three documentary films.
1. Picture the Homeless (15 mins) — Produced by Not An Alternative
Footage from 2009 action demanding housing for homeless in Chase Bank’s vacant lot.
2. Master of None / Toledo (15 min) — Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
Portrait of Mario Bustamante, a Colombian immigrant squatting on the LES in the 90s.
3. The Spark (1 hour) — Directed by Antoine Harari & Valeria Mazzucchi
2021 doc on the fight to establish a “Zone to Defend” in a rural French commune.
The second night of MoRUS' film festival, hosted at La Plaza Cultural community garden, will feature three documentary films.
1. Battle to Save La Plaza Cultural (17 mins) — Produced by Emergency Video Network
1988 doc about an anti-gentrification campaign to save a community garden.
2. Nubia Way: A story of black-led self building in Lewisham (17 mins) — Directed by Timi Akindele-Ajani
2022 doc of London’s first self-built black housing co-op from the 1990s.
3. Rock Soup (1 hour 20 mins) — Directed by Lech Kowalski
Doc of a soup kitchen serving homeless people in La Plaza Cultural in summer of ‘89.
For the third night of MoRUS' film festival, we are partnering with the Anarchist Book Fair to showcase the Emma Goldman Anarchist Film Festival. Check out the book fair in La Plaza Cultural during the day, then stop by the screening at night.
The final night of MoRUS' film festival, hosted at 6 & B community garden, will feature 3 documentary films, including 2 new films premiering here.
1. Survival Without Rent (30 min) — Directed by Katie Heiserman + Elana Meyers
Doc in progress on LES squatters who formed a community of artists and activists.
2. Sleep on Water (length TBD) — Directed by Brandon Neubaur + Anne Kickert
Premiere of 2023 doc on boat squatting in NYC.
3. Battle of Tuntenhaus (20 min) — Directed by Juliet Bashore
1993 doc of a queer, anti-fascist squat in East Berlin prior to police eviction in 1990.
and...
Special Workshop: The ABCs of Squatting
And if I were to copy and paste that 2023 NYC Anarchist Book Fair website information, because again, it's less writing sometimes, it would read something like: