Celebrating Long Island’s Coastal Culture
Dating back to the 1700s, settlers on Long Island made their livings and sometimes their fortunes from the bounty of the sea, but the surrounding waters have changed greatly in the last 50 years.
To recall and honor that heritage, the Maritime Film Festival will feature films that explore the region’s marine coastal heritage. Each screening will feature discussions with filmmakers, local baymen, boat builders, and bay house owners.
The world-premiere screening of the documentary film A World Within a World: Long Island
Bay Houses takes place Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30 pm at the Plaza Cinema and Art
Center in Patchogue. The movie examines the lives, history, and experiences of bay house owners in the Town of Hempstead since the early 19th century. The film will have an encore screening at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30pm.
On Tuesday, June 14, at 7:30 pm, The Cinema Arts Centre will screen The Bungalows of Rockaway produced by Jennifer Callahan in 2010. Narrated by Academy-Award winner Estelle Parsons, the film examines the historic bungalows of the Rockaways built by local architects.
On Tuesday, July 12 at 7:30pm, the film festival concludes at The Cinema Arts Centre with the inspiring documentary, Maiden. This is the story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old woman who creates an all-female crew to compete in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race covering 33,000 miles and lasting for nine months. A Q&A follows with Tracy Edwards.
More information:
https://longislandtraditions.org/events/
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