The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will host its first-ever LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival, August 8th-10th. The festival will be held at LIMEHOF’s Stony Brook location (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY) and will begin at 11 a.m. and runs into the evening each day. Check this web page for the full schedule and ticket details.
The festival will feature twenty-four feature length and short music documentary films from around the world. The roster, curated by the festival’s Executive Director Tom Needham and Artistic Director Wendy Feinberg, includes a blend of films. The lineup includes a wide range of music genres, including classical, hip-hop, rock, jazz, ska, blues and folk, among others. Also scheduled are films about the music industry, a pirate radio station, and even break dancing.
There will be filmmaker Q&A panels, opening and closing night parties, and expected LIVE musical performances by Billy J Kramer, Guggenheim Grotto’s Mick Lynch, Public Enemy’s DJ Johnny Juice, Naked Blue , Brady Rymer, Jennifer Silecchia-Hackett, Sandra Taylor, and Mega Infinity to name a few.
Day 2 will screen:
Notes on a Page- Short | United States
String Theory: Guitar Obsessed- Feature | United States
If Jack Reacher Could Sing- Short | United States
Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between- Feature | United States
Hello! My Name is Blotto THE MOVIE- Feature | United States
The Bronx Boys - The Evolution Of B-Boy Culture- Short | United States
To My Rescue, It Was The S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story)- Feature | United States
They All Came Out to Montreux- Feature | United Kingdom, Switzerland
Day 2 highlights include:
Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between examining the 50-year career of this genre-bending singer-songwriter. Director Claire Jeffreys is expected to participate in a Q&A.
Director Robert McCullough Jr. and members of the Bronx Boys Wrecking Crew are expected to attend the screening of The Bronx Boys – The Evolution of B-Boy Culture. To My Rescue, it Was The S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story) will also screen, with director Janol Ture and Hip-Hop Legand DJ Johnny Juice (Public Enemy), who will join the Q&As and perform live following both films.
Hello! My Name is Blotto: THE MOVIE director Robert Lichter (AKA Bert Blotto), Bowtie Blotto, Broadway Blotto, and F Lee Harvey Blotto are expected to attend.
Notes on a Page director Jennifer A. Uihlein and Jennifer Silecchia-Hackett are expected to attend.
If Jack Reacher Could Sing producer James Egan and Naked Blue (Scott and Jennifer Smith) are expected to attend.
STRING THEORY: GUITAR OBSESSED director Jarrett Bellucci, producer Randy Levin and music composer Nick Donnelly are expected to attend.
