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LEMON at The 2014 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

See LEMON, the award-winning documentary at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival this SUNDAY, May 11th!

WATCH THE TRAILER: http://www.aobff.org/#!0511founders2/ccu3

LEMON
Documentary, 82 min. USA
Directed by Laura Brownson & Beth Levison
Brooklyn Premiere

Three-time
felon, one-time Tony Award winner, Lemon Andersen is an acclaimed

poet who broke out on Broadway in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam. But
Lemon
has landed back in the Brooklyn projects, is living with thirteen family
members, and is desperate for a way out. He turns to the only things he
has left, his pen and his story. A beautifully crafted film, LEMON
follows one man's journey to bring his life story to the stage while
battling the demons from his past. Featuring a surprise turn by Spike
Lee and music by Hip-hop phenoms Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and
others, this documentary debut personalizes the anguish of a generation
of men clinging to the margins but fighting for something more.

The
subject of the film, Brooklyn-born spoken word Artist Lemon Andersen
has spent his life living in and making art about the borough.

Director Bio:
Laura
Brownson hails from the world of narrative film having been a creative producer on projects for HBO/Showtime/Lifetime and CBS. Levison is a
2-time Emmy Award winning producer of documentaries and children's
programs. LEMON marks their independent documentary film directorial
debut.

BUY TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lemon-the-2014-art-of-brooklyn-film-festival-tickets-11320531013

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