IN CINEMA

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 7PM
Presented with Women’s Film Preservation Fund

BRIGHTON BEACH

Carol Stein, Susan Wittenberg, 1980, 60 min., DCP

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Set against the iconic Coney Island boardwalk, Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in constant re-formation. This 1980 documentary offers a vérité portrait of the immigrant communities that changed the Brooklyn neighborhood—mostly Soviet Jews and Puerto Ricans—as they mingle on the boardwalk with long-time residents, eye one another, and coexist around a shared sense of uprootedness. From directors Susan Wittenberg and Carol Stein, BRIGHTON BEACH is an unposed, seductively shot, color film about life’s simple pleasures and the creation of a community.

The new 4K restoration is courtesy of IndieCollect.

Post-screening discussion with director Susan Wittenberg

Directors Susan Wittenberg (left) & Carol Stein (right) – BRIGHTON BEACH

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$15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price