Jacob Burns Film Center

Jacob Burns Film Center

The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural arts center located in
Pleasantville, NY. It occupies a moviehouse that was for many decades known as the Rome Theater.

The center also hosts a variety of special events, including discussions with filmmakers, critics and people from the industry following some screenings. The film advisory committee for the JBFC includes a number of individuals that have starred in popular films.Fact|date=October 2007

Along with a diverse film selection offered every week, the Jacob Burns Film Center has developed groundbreaking education programs for children in grades 3 through 12.Fact|date=October 2007 A new film school building should be completed in 2008.

Films

The Jacob Burns Film Center shows independent and documentary films.It rarely shows mainstream films, except for special showings, as when, for example, they had a showing of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" with Daniel Handler and Meryl Streep in attendance.Fact|date=October 2007

Guest visitors

The Burns Film Center has attracted many famous faces to come and speak after film screenings. These include Woody Allen, Angela Bassett, Colin Firth, Tim Burton, Scarlett Johansson,Edward Norton, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, John Travolta, William Hurt, Vanessa Williams, Bill Clinton, Salma Hayek, Isabella Rossellini, Kevin Smith, Daniel Handler, Steven Soderbergh, Omar Sharif and Jonathan Demme.Fact|date=October 2007

External links

* [http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org Jacob Burns Film Center]


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