Feature Film Program

Nancy

A serial imposter, Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child, and when she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.

Filmmaker Christina Choe in attendance!

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Thu May 31 8:00 PM

The Film

Nancy

Christina Choe | USA | 87

"Nancy" is a provocative psychological thriller about love, intimacy, and trust – and what happens when lies become truth. Craving connection with others, Nancy creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, fact and fiction begin to blur in Nancy’s mind, and she becomes increasingly convinced these strangers are her real parents. As their bond deepens, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief – and the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality. A Samuel Goldwyn Films release. "Nancy" is the 2014 Recipient of the Rooftop Films and Eastern Effects Equipment Grant.

Performer

Katie Von Schleicher

Released on cassette in 2015, Katie Von Schleicher’s Bleaksploitation took the tape world by enough of a storm to thunder demand for more formats. "Bleaksploitation is earnest pop for the wonderfully doomed generation," says DIY Magazine; Stereogum calls the debut "stellar" and "invigoratingly terrifying"; Consequence of Sound described her songs as “like ghosts trying to communicate through a cassette deck”; Paste claims they “sound like a vintage girl group playing in the basement of a haunted house.” This is exciting music from someone we’ll be hearing about for a long time to come.Bleaksploitation was recorded in a dark room on a Tascam 4-track cassette machine. The result is hazy, terrifying and playful. This is what happens when well-crafted songs are made in the moment, warped, drunk on themselves. Von Schleicher’s voice sinks like an anchor and rises like a phoenix, wrestling its way through its very own form of basement tapes. ’70s piano rock provides the core, sad lyrics form the shell.

Event Details

8:00 PM
Doors Open
8:30 PM
Live Music by Katie Von Schleicher
9:00 PM
Film Begins
10:30 PM
Q&A
This is a free event. In the event of rain show will be rescheduled. No outside alcohol is permitted.

Venue

Brooklyn Commons Park

5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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