About this Event
Date: Monday, August 5th
Venue: Tompkins Square Park (Avenue A & E10th St)
8:00 pm: Pre Show
Please join us for a rare Manhattan appearance of the legendary Coney Island Circus Sideshow as they perform a family-friendly show running 30 minutes. Acts will include sword swallowing, blockhead, straight jacket escape, and amazing feats of strength.
8:50pm: Introductions
-Harvey Epstein (Assemblymember)
-Phil Hartman ( Two Boots)
- Special appearance by Mary Engel, daughter of Morris Engel, the esteemed & highly influential director of Little Fugitive – “Without Morris Engel, there would have been no French New Wave,” Francois Truffaut.
-Loisaida Center
Sunset/ ~9:00 - Programming Begins
Six members of the Best Buy Teen Tech Center sat down with a few residents of the Lower East Side to hear their thoughts on gun violence and discuss what we, as a community, can do to stop the violence.
Short Film: Practice Space (Runtime 10 MINS:38 SECS) (LESFF 2024) WINNER of the LESFF 2024 Neighborhood Award. Close friends Edwin and Steven, high schoolers, advise each other on dating and drama — based on zero experience — while seeking a space to hang after school. Writer/Director: Dan Perlman, starring Alex Chavez & Yan Bo Lin
~ 9:15 - Feature Film: Little Fugitive (Runtime: 1HR15 Min)
Little Fugitive
Morris Engel | 1953 | US | Rated G
Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of the American independent cinema, Little Fugitive is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood.
When a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, resulting in a film that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful.
Hailed by critics as a groundbreaking cinematic feat, Little Fugitive won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, played in nearly 5,000 theaters in the U.S., and is now recognized as a classic of American independent film.
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RSVP IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED. OPEN SEATING.
IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION. NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Tompkins Square Park, Avenue A & East 10th Street, New York, United States
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