Major cultural heavyweights are bringing to life an all-new culture festival taking place in Brooklyn this fall.
On November 6 and 7, the inaugural “Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party” will be an ode to the borough and its game-changing tastemakers. The festival is taking place at the country’s oldest continuously operating performing arts center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Seminal filmmaker Spike Lee is co-hosting the event alongside Clara Wu Tsai, a prominent businesswoman, philanthropist, and co-owner of the New York Liberty and the Brooklyn Nets. The festival’s creator, filmmaker Nicholas Ma (Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Unfinished Business), will be among those curating the event.
What To Expect At “Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party”
So, who is Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party for? On its website, the festival says, “For film lovers. For artists. For iconoclasts. For entrepreneurs. For kids and the old heads. For the culture lovers. For locals, and visitors too.”
The festival will be a stomping ground for creatives old and young, with Brooklyn-repping industry shakers being the focal point.
According to Brooklyn Magazine, Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party will include film screenings, pop-ups, and curated talks. Attendees can expect a community affair, with a free block party on the docket for day two.
“With Playback, we are setting out to create a new kind of film festival—one that brings together people who share a love of storytelling through film,” Wu Tsai is quoted as saying by Brooklyn Magazine. “Spike has put Brooklyn on screen for decades, and BAM has served as the borough’s cultural hub for over a century. There is nowhere else like Brooklyn, nothing like the energy of this borough, and this festival will highlight all that makes our community unique.”
“When we watch together, we remember what movies can do: bring us closer, challenge us, inspire us, and remind us of our shared humanity,” noted Ma.
