3. Bronx Summer Film Series at Joyce Kilmer Park
A new free outdoor movie series in The Bronx presents works by filmmakers of color, locals from the Uptown NYC area, and immigrants. This season debuted in Joyce Kilmer Park with screenings of Ro & The Stardust (2022), a space fantasy short film by Eunice Levis, a Dominican-American Bronxite, and Black Girl (1966), a feature by celebrated Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène.
This series, organized by the Bronx Independent Cinema Center (BICC) in association with the 161st Business Improvement District, will also include Joyce Kilmer Park screenings on July 27th, August 24th, and a September date to be announced, as well as screenings at nearby Lou Gehrig Plaza on July 28th and August 25th.
This is the first step by BICC, a non-profit founded in 2022, to bring regular indie cinema programming and a filmmaking incubator to the borough. They will begin a fundraising campaign in September for a permanent space. They are working to reach a $250,000 benchmark, which will be used to acquire a storefront space in the Fordham area by next year.
