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The Bushwick Film Festival Is Back Again

The theme for its 17th run is "Producing the Dream"

The Bushwick Film Festival Is Back Again

The Bushwick Film Festival Is Back Again

The theme for its 17th run is "Producing the Dream"

The Bushwick Film Festival Is Back Again

A Trinidadian street vendor must decide whether to save his estranged father; another documentary about the search for the reclusive creator of Bitcoin; a recently split couple having to pretend to still be together—these are just a few of the gripping dramas people can expect from the 17th Bushwick Film Festival, set to kick off next week in nearby Williamsburg. 

For the first time, the festival will be sponsored, at least in part, by Netflix, the major streaming company that opened a studio in Bushwick two years ago . Kweighbaye Kotee…

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