Press Releases
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October 27, 2011 Jacob Burns Film Center Receives Grant From ArtsWetstchester and Westchester County Government For Film and Education ProgramsJacob Burns Film Center has been awarded $45,800 in Basic Program Support for its 2011-2012 season by ArtsWestchester and Westchester Country Government. An additional $10,000 Challenge Grant was awarded and successfully matched by the JBFC. The Basic Program Support award and Challenge grant make it possible for the JBFC to offer its education programs to nearly 12,000 students in Pre-K through Grade 12 throughout Westchester County each year. The funds also help the JBFC to present over 450 films and speaker events each year that inspire audiences through entertaining and thought-provoking programs. |
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October 20, 2011 JBFC Announces First Film Co-ProductionJacob Burns Film Center has announced their first film co-production and premiere screening of the film at the JBFC in November. The latest film from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme, I’m Carolyn Parker: the Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful, is making the rounds at festivals and will premiere at the JBFC on Monday, November 21st at 7:30 pm. The film focuses on Carolyn Parker, a witty, fearless woman who was the last to leave her Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood as Hurricane Katrina approached in 2005 and the first to return determined to rebuild her home and her life. The film is a co-production of Demme’s company Clinica Estetico and Jacob Burns Film Center. It was produced in association with American Documentary/POV (Point of View) and will be aired on PBS’s POV program on Channel 13 in 2012. I’m Carolyn Parker is the first foray into film production undertaken by the Jacob Burns Film Center. The film has screened at eleven film major festivals this fall, including Venice, Toronto, London, Rome and Rio de Janeiro, as well as the New Orleans, Philadelphia, and DOC NYC. |
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October 11, 2011 JBFC Premiere of Short Documentaries Created by Westchester StudentsJacob Burns Film Center has announced the premiere of short documentaries created by students from all over Westchester County. The student filmmakers, who participated in JBFC’s “Unscripted”, a documentary based program for high school students, hail from Irvington, Scarsdale, Pleasantville, Nyack, Brewster, Mount Vernon, Stamford, and Valhalla. They spent three weeks creating, directing, and editing three original short films, each highlighting the story of a remarkable individual in the local community. The film subjects also come from various Westchester towns. The premiere of the films will take place this evening at the Film Center in Pleasantville and is free and open to the public. |
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October 5, 2011 JBFC Names Bob Goldberg to the Board of DirectorsJacob Burns Film Center announced that Bob Goldberg, President of Yorke Construction Corporation of New York City, has joined the JBFC Board of Directors. Goldberg was a key partner in the team that renovated the old Rome Theater into the Jacob Burns Film Center, and Yorke Construction was responsible for building the Media Arts Lab. In addition to the construction of both the Jacob Burns Film Center and the Media Arts Lab in Pleasantville, Yorke Construction has executed major projects for the Public Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, The 52nd Street Project, the Juilliard School, and more. Most recently, Yorke completed the newly opened Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center for the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Blue School, a project of the Blue Man Group. |
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October 3, 2011 Academy Award-winning Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Joins the JBFC Board of DirectorsJacob Burns Film Center announced that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg has joined the Board of Directors. The JBFC Board of Directors is committed to the expansion of the Center’s innovative education programs, which are as vital to the organization as its acclaimed film programming and have reached over 75,000 students across the region. "It is very gratifying that Steven Spielberg not only recognizes the importance of our work but wants to join us in redefining literacy in America,” said Stephen Apkon, Founder and Executive Director of the JBFC. |
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