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The 2009 iteration of the Jackson Heights Film and Food Festival has been cancelled this year due to unexpected venue issues. However, we encourage you to seek out the films listed below and visit the
restaurants that would have participated. Just because we aren't here this year, doesn't mean you can't still have a taste of Jackson Heights!"
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Grace (dir. Alrick Brown, 8 min.)
A woman, a mother, an illegal immigrant with everything to lose finds hope. |
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Team Taliban (dir. Benjamin Kegan, 15 min.)
This documentary explores the impact of The War on Terror in American culture through the unique lens of professional wrestling. |
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Soy Andina (dir. Mitch Teplitsky), 70 min.)
A moving cinematic experience that tells the intersecting stories of two New Yorkers – a modern/hip-hop dance dancer raised in Queens, and a folkloric dancer from the Andes – on a dazzling odyssey through Peru in search of roots and a world of folkloric dance. |
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Q & A Session
We also are holding a Q & A session following the films, where audience members can ask questions and learn more about the films from the following guests:
Cynthia Paniagua (dancer from Soy Andina)
Julian Pimiento (actor, Grace)
Benjamin Kegan (director, Team Taliban)
The session will be moderated by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Executive Director of Queens Council on the Arts.
FOOD
We are proud to showcase a mini-taste of Jackson Heights through the following restaurants, which are providing the refreshments for our film screening:
Novo
http://www.novony.com/
Rajbhog
http://www.rajbhog.com/
Uncle Peter’s Bar & Grill
8315 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11372-1459
(718) 651-8600
Jackson Diner
http://jacksondiner.com/
Lety’s
7707 37th Ave
Flushing, NY 11372-6607
(718) 507-6539
Espresso 77
http://www.espresso77.com/
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