“Midwood Movie”: The Origins of American Film and Dreams in Brooklyn

Midwood Movie is a feature experimental documentary about both a Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood and about motion pictures and their development. Shot over 12 years entirely on and around the former site of the American Vitagraph Company, which began producing silent films there in 1906, the film digs through layered histories, presenting an array of individual accounts of the site’s varied uses. Join us for a conversation with the filmmaker, Melissa Freidling, associate professor of filmmaking and director of the M.A. in Media Studies Program (The New School); Cara Caddoo, associate professor of history and cinema and media studies (Indiana University, Bloomington), whose work informs the film; and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kelly M. Britt (Brooklyn College). Select clips of the film will be shown during the event.

From September 12 to 26, the Brooklyn College community can screen the film for free. To request a code to watch the film prior to the event, e-mail the Wolfe Institute starting on September 12.

More information is available here.