Brooklyn’s Brownsville subject of film screening, panel
Film based on infamous St. Louis public housing project
FORT GREENE — The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), in partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will sponsor a movie screening and discussion about a film on the challenges of urban housing on Monday, June 11, BAM Rose Cinemas in Fort Greene.
BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM, and the Brownsville Partnership, are also partners in presenting the film, called “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth,” whose focus is on Brownsville “as seen through the lens of St. Louis’ infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development.”