Notes from “The Edge”

by Maria Rhodes, Rooftop’s Programming & Festival Coordinator🇧🇷 Buy your tickets for our screening of The Edge of Democracy on Tuesday, June 11th, now! 🇧🇷 Brazil has a relatively young democracy. In January 1985, the country elected its first president after being ruled by the military for twenty-one years. A long battle fought by left […]

Notes on “Sweet Sweetback”

by Maria Rhodes, Rooftop’s Programming & Festival Coordinator✊ RSVP for Thursday’s special free Fort Greene Park screening now! ✊ I first encountered Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song when I was in college, a silly film nerd particularly interested in the history of movements. Blaxpliotation was one that really captivated my attention: Foxy Brown, Shaft, Super Fly, the list goes on. They […]

Rooftop Announces Select 2019 Summer Series Titles!

Y’all. We’re *so* incredibly excited to announce a bunch of feature films that’re playing our upcoming 23rd Summer Series! Tickets are now available for Sam de Jong’s second feature Goldie, starring Slick Woods; Brandon Vedder’s documentary Strange Negotiations, featuring a post-show Q&A and performance by the film’s subject, Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan; and RSVPs are open for […]

Sundance Review: “The Sound of Silence”

A successful “house tuner” in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people’s homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can’t solve. by Mark Elijah Rosenberg Rooftop Films was founded on the principle that there are secret spaces throughout New York, and curious people who want to […]

Sundance Review: “Hail Satan?”

A look at the intersection of religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American history. The Temple is calling for a Satanic revolution to save the nation’s soul. But are they for real? by Mark Elijah Rosenberg At […]

Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Josh Johnson

Sundance Review: “Share”

After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. by Mark Elijah Rosenberg Images drift and blur, ’til it’s hard to tell what you’re looking at. Colorful lights phase on and off, ’til it almost becomes hypnotic. […]

The Best Rooftop Performers of All Time!

Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter.  These types of asks are awkward, we get it! We’re not professional fundraisers: we’re film lovers, just like you. Help us #ReachForTheRooftop by December 31st, and keep our mission to bring the best of independent cinema to New York alive! Start your pre-Christmas weekend off right with this […]

A Short Film for the Shortest Day of the Year

Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter.  These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like you. But the programs that support Rooftop grantees and alumni filmmakers, like those listed below, depend on your support.  Boss Bitch   It’s December 21st, the shortest day of the year, […]

2018 Year in Review

Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter.  These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like you. But the programs that support Rooftop grantees and alumni filmmakers, like those listed below, depend on your support.  2018 BY THE NUMBERS Feature Films Shown: 31 Short Films shown: 116 […]

Supported Films and Alumni at Sundance 2019

Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter.  These types of asks are awkward, we get it! We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers—just like you—but the programs that support Rooftop grantees and alumni filmmakers (like those listed below) depend on your support. ——— FILMS SUPPORTED BY ROOFTOP   Untitled Brazil Documentary Director and screenwriter: Petra Costa, […]

Archives