This sounds like a perfect evening: a free screening of “Little Fugitive” at Coney Island Flicks on the Beach at 7:30 PM July 1.
The film was made by Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin and was filmed in Coney Island in 1953, It will be introduced by Mary Engel. This is the 60th anniversary of the film, which won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. “Little Fugitive,” is about a little boy who runs away and hides out on Coney Island.
The film is co-sponsored by Rooftop Films and the Coney Island History Project.