Under The Bus To Screen At Art Of Brooklyn Film Festival!

Great news! Our documentary film "Under The Bus" has been selected to screen in the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival which takes place May 7-11th.

Updates on exact times and ticket sales coming soon!

About Under The Bus

Anthony has driven a school bus in Staten Island, New York for twenty-four years. His plans to retire suddenly grind to a halt when the Union (ATU 1181) goes on strike in response to a contract dispute with the City of New York. The film follows Anthony and his fellow drivers to the picket line, where they find themselves battling harsh winter weather, a media blackout, Union politics and a Mayor who refuses to negotiate.

When the City puts Anthony and the driver's jobs out to bid, a tense atmosphere erupts as non-union 'replacement drivers' start crossing the picket lines. As the strike drags on, many workers fear they will have to leave their Unionized jobs in order to support their families.

www.underthebusfilm.blogspot.com

About The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

The Art of Brooklyn is a not-for-profit organization that curates a conversation between the new, Brooklyn-based art community, immigrants, transplants and those born and raised in the borough.

The AoBFF is the only independent, international film festival built entirely around Brooklyn, a local independent scene with global influence. AoBFF focuses on Brooklyn‐born, Brooklyn-based and Brooklyn-centric films and filmmakers and they screen work from all over the world whose creators live, work in, or are inspired by Brooklyn's indie film scene.

www.aobff.org

Peter Pan Bakery: A Documentary Film

We are excited to announce the release of our documentary film "Peter Pan Bakery," which explores the personalities inhabiting the counter space at the famous donut shop, where old and new clientele mingle, painting an intimate portrait of the bakery as a unwavering neighborhood institution.

The documentary is one of the first films to be totally shot on the Digital Bolex D16, a re-imagining of a classic camera for the 21st century.

Watch the film here!

What people are saying about "Peter Pan Bakery:"

"Owner Donna Siafakas recounts how her Greenpoint bakery has seen the neighborhood evolve from primarily Polish immigrants to today's influx of "big flocks of hipsters," but the film's main focus is the bakery's regular customers, who gather for coffee and egg sandwiches at the counter. Go, meet the restaurant's eclectic group of regulars, who discuss the changing Greenpoint..."

- Erin DeJesus, Eater.com

"... the documentary is a quick watch, but it’s able to effectively show everyone who moves through the bakery on a given day, from Greenpoint lifers to newcomers with weird Leonardo DiCaprio-based art projects. Though we’d avoid watching it while hungry, because you’ll only get hungrier seeing all those donuts and egg sandwiches."

- David Colon, Brokelyn

"Filmmakers Keif Roberts and Peter J. Haas have done a splendid job at capturing the delightful sense of community that lies at the sugar-dusted heart of Peter Pan."

- Greennpointers.com

"Most of this video will delight you and even the small part that does not (and if you watch it all the way through you'll know exactly what I'm talking about) is so short that it isn't even worth getting upset about. Ya got 8 minutes? Ya got time to watch this."

- Alex Balk, The Awl

"60-yr old Peter Pan Donuts in Brooklyn still does donuts & egg sandwiches right [as seen] in this short..."

- Breadoholic.com (@Breadaholic)

"Wow, there's a short documentary on Peter Pan Bakery?! #nowiwantdoughnuts"

- Elena (@novelsounds)

"Beat on a drum, and I will come. Ugg-a-wugg! I love this Peter Pan (Bakery) doc..."

- Charlotte Druckman (@cettedrucks), The Skirt Steak Files

The Breach: A Documentary Film

Filmmakers Keif Roberts and Peter Haas are currently filming a documentary about the new inlet opened by Hurricane Sandy and its effects on the local community and ecology, drawing perspectives from residents, politicians and scientific researchers.

For more information or to share your stories, contact us.

UNDER THE BUS Special Screening: Videology July 22nd, 7pm

Videology Local Filmmaker Showcase: THE PASS IT ON PROJECT (2011) and UNDER THE BUS (2013) (FREE)

Monday, July 22nd @ 7pm

Two films about the battle for change in America: THE PASS IT ON PROJECT in which a road trip to the sites of the Civil Rights Movement leads a group of Brooklyn teenagers to re-imagine their future, screens with UNDER THE BUS, which follows Anthony, a union school bus driver who heads to the picket line during the 2013 strike, fighting for his retirement and the future of organized labor in New York City.

For More Information: http://www.videology.info/