On Thurdsay November 29th at 7 p.m. there’s a screening of
Brooklyn-focused Documentaries at the Brooklyn Historical Society in
Brooklyn Heights. The program is called, Brooklyn on Film, 1899-2007.

This screening will present documentaries showing the lives of Brooklyn
residents from different communities in Brooklyn, including Haitian
Voudo rituals in the Flatlands area of Brooklyn, Hassidic community
life in Crown Heights, gang members breaking into rap music in the
Albany Housing Projects in Crown Heights, and development controversies
in Prospect Heights and Greenpoint.

The program will also show turn-of-the-century filmed footage of
Brooklyn of Coney Island celebrants and the Brooklyn Bridge in 1899 –
1903,  as well as Sarah Bernhardt addressing a crowd in Prospect Park
in 1917.

This event is part of the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival which hopes
to help bring awareness about the different communities in Brooklyn by
illuminating their social and cultural histories and current-day
realities.