Get a Little Adventurous at “Murder, Mayhem and the Movies” On Friday, May 12 Rivertown Film presents Murder, Mayhem and the Movies, an event organizers promise will make “great moments in film history come to life.” There will be seven scenarios staged in rooms at the West Gate Inn, Nyack for the event. A program booklet will guide […]
May 2013 – Find yourself transported into the baroque fantasy dreamscape of the legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, courtesy of Rivertown Film and Benefit Sponsor M & T Bank. The Nyack-based organization’s spring benefit, “Notte di Fellni,” Chairperson of the Rockland County Legislature, and Roger Seiler, former President of promises to whisk attendees away, both […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Musical and film legend Sam Waymon of Nyack wrote the gospel-humming song “Mrs. Jackson” in memory of an 85-year-old black woman who members of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped to register to vote in Mississippi in 1964. Another song, “Freedom Is My Name,” recalls the days of violence and the […]
On February 16, 7:30 p.m. at the Nyack Center, Rivertown Film is proud to honor Sam Waymon, Nyack’s own creative legend and part of an historic era in the struggle for civil rights. An event in his honor will feature clips from the groundbreaking film “Ganja and Hess” that Sam starred in and scored. “Ganja […]