There's “Brooklyn's Finest,†“Brooklyn Rules†and “Brooklyn Lobster,†and later this week, there is the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, which runs Aug. 4-12 at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights and features 45 premieres that all have some sort of link to New York's most populous borough.
The independent films include a Turkish film about Brooklyn's diversity, a documentary about a Hasidic rapper from Brooklyn and a short animation by a Brooklyn-born creator. “Major events mostly cluster around only a few north Brooklyn neighborhoods,†said Joseph Shahidi, the festival's executive director. “Our innovation is simple: We include everyone, from Boerum Hill to Bergen Beach, Fort Greene to Flatlands.†The festival begins with a free screening of Steven Seagal's 1991 film “Out for Justice†â€" set in Brooklyn, of course â€" and a Seagal look-alike contest at Founders Hall Theater.
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