Citizen Brooklyn

“Wordless!” by Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston

“We were thinking of ways in which to expand our collaboration and to capitalize on the great work that Greenlight Bookstore does, and we were trying to find more creative ways to expand on the success of our ‘Eat, Drink & Be Literary’ series, which takes place during the spring.”

From Tuesday, August 13 through Wednesday, August 28, BAMcinématek presents A Time for Burning: Cinema of the Civil Rights Movement, a 40-film series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Ahearn (director of the first hip-hop feature ever, the seminal Wild Style) brings us this definitive portrait of the titular Brooklyn native Shabazz.

The members of the small ensemble function as storytellers of the most versatile kind.

“We have a great cast — it’s our job to be naked onstage,”

Kimmel, born in Brooklyn and raised in Las Vegas, will feature Brooklyn’s culture and people throughout the week, along with special guests – names being mentioned include David Letterman, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Tracy Morgan — and musical acts including Vampire Weekend and the Brooklyn Philharmonic.