BRIC LAUNCHES INAUGURAL FILM FESTIVAL, REVIVING STOOP SHARE PLATFORM FOR COMMUNITY VOICES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 6-9 PM
Free Event, Open to The Public!
Brooklyn, NY (January 28, 2025) BRIC, Brooklyn’s leading arts and media institution, announces its first-ever BRIC Film Festival, themed “Bold, Beautiful, Brooklyn,” taking place Thursday, February 13th, from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at BRIC House. The festival marks the exciting relaunch of Stoop Share, BRIC’s signature platform for amplifying diverse creative voices across the borough. The festival is free and open to the general public.
BRIC President Wes Jackson states: “The relaunch of Stoop Share is BRIC’s way of offering accessible spaces for performance, creativity, and storytelling in a city where affordable space is a diminishing commodity. We are proud to highlight the work of our community producers and emerging artists through the BRIC Film Festival, our first program as part of this relaunch. I hope you’ll join us in celebrating the creativity of Brooklyn and beyond.”
The festival, free and open to the public, showcases works from community producers and emerging visionaries who have developed their craft through BRIC’s innovative media education programs. The evening features compelling short documentary films exploring themes of humanity, race, existence, humor, and societal perspectives—all using Brooklyn as their creative canvas.Featured selections include “I Too Sing America,” created by students at Cyber Arts Academy through BRIC’s decade-long partnership with the school, and “Dolla Van,” a scripted pilot from filmmaker Gabriel Tolliver, which received recognition at both the 2023 American Black Film Festival and Caribbean Lens International Film & Art Festival. Get more details about the filmmakers and BRIC Film Festival lineup here.
BRIC Film Festival Schedule:
6:00 PM Welcome Remarks
6:15 – 8:00 PMFilm Presentations
One Day You Are Not Here
- I Too Sing America
- BRIC TV Scripted: Dolla Van (Trailer)
- Gil Scott Heron in 7
- BRIC TV Scripted: Ghosted (Trailer + Episode)
- Last Wing Standing
- BRIC TV Frameworks Documentary: No Siren Left Behind
- Yes They Can
8:00 PMDiscussion with Filmmakers
The festival will conclude with a panel discussion featuring participating filmmakers, providing insight into their creative processes and inspirations. To reserve a space at the BRIC Film Festival visit here.
The films showcased represent the diverse array of BRIC’s media education initiatives, including BRIC FLIX (BRIC TV), B Scene (BK Free Speech), and in-school media residencies. These programs, offering free and low-cost media classes, serve as an essential resource for creators at all stages of their careers to engage with evolving media technologies in BRIC’s state-of-the-art media lab. This inaugural event demonstrates the power of cross-departmental collaboration, bringing together BRIC Free Speech, BRIC TV, and BRIC’s Youth Education & Family Programs to create a dynamic, multifaceted festival experience
Stoop Share: A Platform for Community Voices
BRIC’s Stoop Share, returning after a three-year pandemic pause, is a community engagement program that provides nonprofit organizations and artists in Brooklyn and New York City with access to BRIC’s facilities. Specifically designed for groups lacking regular access to public programming spaces, Stoop Share helps visual artists, performers, media makers, and supporting nonprofits amplify their voices and share their diverse creative visions.
Priority consideration is given to:
- Local independent artists and non-profit organizations whose annual budget is less than 5 million dollars.
- Currently or previously enrolled participants of BRIC’s programs as well as members
of (and organizations who focus on supporting) covered populations. Covered populations are groups of people who are disproportionately impacted by the digital divide.
BRIC’s café and operations services are available to Stoop Share presenters for an additional fee.
The next Stoop Share will be a staged reading of “The Imaginary Invalid” presented in partnership with Moliere in the Park on March 6. For more information about Stoop Share opportunities, visit here.
For More Information Contact:
Wendy Washington
Joe Wiggins
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About BRIC
BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. BRIC has shaped Brooklyn’s cultural and media landscape for over forty years by presenting and incubating artists, creators, students, and media makers. As a creative catalyst for their community, BRIC ignites learning in people of all ages and centers diverse voices that take risks and drive culture forward. Learn more:https://bricartsmedia.org/
About BRIC TV
BRIC TV is Brooklyn’s premier video producer of local news and social justice reporting; music, arts and comedy coverage; Brooklyn documentaries; and original series programming on cable television and online video. BRIC TV works with the most exciting filmmakers in the borough to create bold, groundbreaking new work that’s garnered Emmys, Ippies and Tellys, screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and Sundance all while speaking to the communities we serve.
About Brooklyn Free Speech
Brooklyn Free Speech is a New York Emmy-winning community television network that amplifies and honors alternative voices in media. Housed within BRIC, the initiative seeks to empower Brooklynites with media dreams to share their brilliance, talent, and creativity with the world.
