LITTLE FUGITIVE, OUR NIXON and More Set for Rooftop Films, 7/1-6

Rooftop Films is hitting three boroughs next week: Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan with three free screenings! On Monday, we head to the beaches of Coney Island with a free screening of Little Fugitive. Tuesday, we are at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in Manhattan with the festival favorite WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL, free of charge. What's more patriotic than a free screening of a documentary about Richard Nixon? Join us at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens on July 3for a screening of Our Nixon. On Saturday, we return to Brooklyn with the New York premiere of new Swedish film Belleville Baby.

Monday, July 1 (FREE)
Little Fugitive (Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin | USA | 80 min.)
Six year old Joey (first-time actor Richie Andrusco, who was discovered by the filmmakers at Coney Island), is on the lam from a crime he thinks he committed, but was really a prank by his older brother. With his Mom away visiting Grandma, and with only a few dollars in his pocket, Richie hides out at Coney Island, eating, playing skee-ball, eating some more, and riding his favorite pony. Little Fugitive is fun for the whole family, and is a perfect time capsule of Coney in the early 50's.

Venue: On the beach at Coney Island
Address: 3059 West 12th street, Brooklyn
7:30PM: Live entertainment
8:30PM: Film begins

More info: http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2013/06/little-fugitive-screening-on-july-1st.html

Tuesday, July 2 (FREE)
WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL (Ben Nabors | Malawi | 92 min.)
In this inquisitive documentary about the complicated power of charity, a teenager in Africa builds a scrap-metal windmill in order to transform his village, but finds his entire life altered forever.

Venue: Outdoors at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Address: 2nd Avenue & E 47th Street, Manhattan
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Film begins

More info: http://rooftopfilms.com/2013/schedule/william-and-the-windmill/

Wednesday, July 3 (FREE)
Our Nixon (Penny Lane | USA | 84 min.)
Culled from Nixon White House home movies, whether you like or dislike him, this engaging documentary is a wrenching portrait of a fallen man, and a unique and captivating time capsule from a more innocent era.

Venue: Socrates Sculpture Park
Address: 3134 Vernon Blvd., Queens
7:30PM: Live music
8:30PM: Film begins

More info: http://rooftopfilms.com/2013/schedule/our-nixon/

Saturday, July 6
Belleville Baby (Mia Engberg | Sweden | 76 min.) NY Premiere
It's easy to block out memories that hurt us. It's fascinating to watch someone pulled back in, as with this intimate documentary about an ex-convict and his long lost lover.

Venue: The Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 Third St., Brooklyn
8:00PM: Doors Open
8:30PM: Live Music
9:00PM: Film Begins
11:00PM: Reception in courtyard sponsored by Red Stripe and Tito's Vodka

More info and tickets: http://rooftopfilms.com/2013/schedule/belleville-baby/