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The Ghetto Film School of the South Bronx

The South Bronx’s Ghetto Film School connects young New Yorkers to careers in the world of film and video. GFS students Alma Osorio and George Velez, accompanied by filmmaker Maurice Marable, just returned from shooting a narrative film in Kampala, Uganda.

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A Fake Town in a Real War

In California’s Mojave Desert, the U.S. Army has built a billion-dollar virtual Iraq for the purpose of simulating warfare – complete with Iraqi exiles living in a mock Iraqi village. Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss talk about their new documentary about a fake town’s role in a real war, "Full Battle Rattle." It's now playing at Film Forum (209 West Houston Street) until July 23.

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Joseph O'Neill's Netherland

Joseph O’Neill’s new novel, Netherland, has gotten great reviews. Its Dutch-born narrator Hans van den Broek seeks solace after 9/11 in his love for New York City and for the sport of cricket.

Event: Joseph O’Neill and Aimee Mann will be in conversation with Katherine Lanpher as part of the series, “Upstairs at the Square”
Thursday, July 31 at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 East 17th Street

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Underreported: Haitian Paramilitary Leader on Trial in New York

Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, former leader of the Haitian paramilitary group FRAPH, went on trial earlier this week in New York. But he’s not being tried for his human rights violations – he’s on trial for mortgage fraud! After fleeing Haiti to avoid a warrant for his arrest, he lived a comfortable life in Queens as a mortgage broker. Jennie Green is Senior Attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which has sued Toto Constant on behalf of 3 women who survived FRAPH’s campaign of violence against women.

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