free Crooklyn screenings all over NYC (in parks & theaters, Fort Greene, Nitehawk, BAM & Alamo included)

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment launched a new program called “One Film, One New York,” which posed the question “What if everyone in New York City watched the same film at the same time?” New York Times film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis chose five films, all shot in New York City — On the Town, Crooklyn, Desperately Seeking Susan, New York, New York, and The Wedding Banquet — and let New Yorkers vote for which movie they wanted. Spike Lee‘s 1994 film Crooklyn was chosen and the film will be screened for free all over New York City on September 13. The movie is showing in one city park in each borough, plus movie houses like Nitehawk Cinema, The Quad, Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theatre, BAM Rose Cinema, Alamo Drafthouse, Sympony Space and more. All screening locations and details are listed below.

Spike Lee said of Crooklyn being chosen:

Crooklyn was written by my younger siblings Joie, Cinque Lee and I,” said Spike Lee. “It’s a semi-bio story of our family–the Lees growing up in the pre-gentrified black and Puerto Rican hood of Fort Greene in ‘Da Republic of Brooklyn’ during the early 70’s. More than anything, Crooklyn is a love letter to our long gone mother–Jacquelyn Shelton Lee. Our mom died of cancer of the liver at the too young age of 41, didn’t smoke either. Crooklyn was the way we grieved and at the same time celebrated her brief but bold life. The Lee family thanks everyone who voted for Crooklyn; the support actually started May 13th, 1994, the day of its release. Also shout out to the other great films too in #OneFilmNY.

Watch the Crooklyn trailer below.

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CROOKLYN SCREENING LOCATIONS (9/13)

PARKS

· Brooklyn — Fort Greene Park (Rain location: McCarren Play Center)
· The Bronx — Crotona Park (Rain location: St. Mary’s Recreation Center)
· Manhattan — St. Nicholas Park in Harlem (Rain location: Highbridge Recreation Center)
· Queens — Windmuller Park / Lawrence Virgilio Playground (Rain location: Al Oerter Recreation Center)
· Staten Island — Cloves Lake Park (Rain location: Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex)

MOVIE THEATERS

· Alamo Drafthouse Cinema — 445 Albee Square W #4, Brooklyn
Screening begins at 5 p.m. and tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis in the lobby at a check-in desk.

· Nitehawk Cinema — 136 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn
Screening begins at 9:30 p.m., seating is first-come, first-serve. Line starts at 8:30 p.m. and doors open at 9 p.m. RSVP is required.

· Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, Manhattan — 165 W 65th St, New York
The event begins at 6 p.m. Free tickets for the public will be available at the Walter Reade Theater box office beginning one hour prior to the screening, with first-come, first-serve seating. The line may form in advance of this time.

· Symphony Space — 2537 Broadway, New York
Screening begins at 7 p.m. For more information, visit the Symphony Space website.

· BAM Rose Cinemas — 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Screening begins at 9:30 p.m. Seating is limited, tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit the BAM Rose Cinemas website.

· Quad Cinema — 34 W 13th St, New York
Screening begins at 6:45 p.m. Tickets will be available at the box office one hour before. with first-come, first-serve seating. For more information, visit the Quad Cinema website.

· Kew Gardens Cinemas, Queens — 81-05 Lefferts Boulevard, Kew Gardens, Queens
Screening begins at 1 p.m., with first-come, first-served seating. Tickets are available for pick up now through September 13 at the box office.

· Williamsburg Cinemas — 217 Grand St, Brooklyn
Screening begins at 1 p.m., with first-come, first-served seating. Tickets are available for pick up now through September 13 at the box office.

· Cobble Hill Cinemas — 265 Court St, Brooklyn
Screening begins at 1 p.m., seating is first-come, first-serve. Tickets are available for pick up now through September 13 at the box office.

· Museum of the Moving Image — 36-01 35th Ave, Queens

· Atrium Stadium Cinema — 680 Arthur Kill Rd, Staten Island
Screening begins at 8 p.m., seating is first-come, first-serve. Tickets will be available at the box office starting September 6.