Painter Rodney Dickson – who grew up in Newtownards, Co. Down, went to art school in Liverpool and has long been resident in Brooklyn – is pictured left during the making of a documentary about him that will be screened on next Thursday, May 2, as part of this year’s Greenpoint Film Festival. “Rodney Dickson” is produced by Bill Page Productions, Inc., New York City.
The 8th Annual Greenpoint Film Festival – a celebration of cutting-edge, contemporary experimental and independent film, which is inspired by the expanding industry in North Brooklyn -- will be held from May 2-5 at the Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11249. It will have selected shorts and feature-length films, chosen by a panel of four judges from hundreds of submissions in feature and short categories for narrative and documentary, as well as panel discussions. For more details and tickets go here.
