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10th Annual Bushwick Film
Festival dazzles on red carpet
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
The 10th Annual Bushwick Film
Festival (BFF) took over House
of Yes on Thursday night with a
fabulous red carpet event before the
debut of the night’s featured fi lm, “In
Case of Emergency.”
Kweighbaye Kotee, founder and
CEO of BFF, invited fi lmmakers, actors,
artists, and everyone looking
for a good time down to House of Yes,
located at 2 Wyckoff Ave., for a night
of fun, photos and fi lm.
The night’s featured presentation
was the premiere of “In Case of Emergency,”
directed by Stefanie Sparks.
Sparks also takes on the role of Sarah
Williams, a snobby New York City elitist
who suff ers an unimaginable turn
of events aft er she survives being hit
by a taxi and loses her uterus and elitist
status.
With the help of an unexpected
new friend, Melinda (played by Jenni
Ruiza), Sarah comes to the realization
that her past life was not as good as it
was cracked up to be.
“It’s a dream come true,” Sparks
said of having her fi lm debut at BFF.
“We are thrilled to be here. There is
nowhere cooler than the Bushwick
Film Festival.”
This year’s BFF, which ran from
Oct. 12-15, featured a wide range of
fi lmmakers, directors, genres of fi lms,
panels and, of course, parties.
“Now I understand what a festival
can bring to a community and how it
economically impacts a community,
and how it brings all types of worlds,
and stories, and people together,”
Kotee said. “And I just really wanted
to use this as a way to, like I said, impact
and grow where I live, but also inspire
women and women of color. I want
people to look at me and say, ‘Look at
that woman: if she’s the head of a fi lm
company or a media company, maybe
I can do it, too.’”
Schneps Communications, parent
company of QNS and the Ridgewood
Times, was among the event’s media
sponsors.
Photos by Anthony Giudice/Ridgewood Times
Some of the cast and crew for the fi lm "In Case of Emergency."
