BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents The Battle of Brooklyn Remembered August 26th on its BCAT TV Network<
August 10, 2010
Produced by Brooklyn Independent Television, the cablecast of the documentary special coincides with citywide celebration honoring the anniversary of the first and largest battle of the American Revolution.
Brooklyn, NY, August 5, 2010 — BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present The Battle of Brooklyn Remembered on its BCAT TV Network, honoring the anniversary of the first and largest battle of the American Revolution fought on August 27th, 1776. Produced by BRIC’s Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) and hosted by Joseph McCarthy, this documentary special will feature The Brave Man, a dramatic short film written, produced and directed by McCarthy about the historical battle; an interview with Brooklyn-based Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Edwin Burrows; and “Brooklyn & The Revolutionary War: Building an American Identity,” part one of Reveal the Real: Kids Uncover the History of Brooklyn, a three-part historical documentary series created by students and produced by BIT that features middle school students from IS 318 on a search for historical clues and resources that eventually lead them to the notorious British prison ship Jersey.
The Battle of Brooklyn Remembered will air during the Brooklyn Independent Television programming block on Thursday, August 26th at 8:00pm on Time Warner 56, Cablevision 69, RCN 84 and in all five boroughs on Verizon 44.
Edwin Burrows is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and has written numerous books and publications focused on New York’s participation in and residents’ experiences during the Revolution. He is the co-author of Gotham, A History of New York to 1898, which garnered a Pulitzer Prize for History in 1999. In 2008, he published Forgotten Patriots, The Untold Story of American Prisoners during the Revolutionary War, a historical account of New York City’s role as a jailhouse for Britain’s military operations.
Viewers outside of Brooklyn may stream the special cablecast online at bricartsmedia.org/bcat. On-demand video of The Battle of Brooklyn Remembered can be found online at bricartsmedia.org/bitspecials starting Tuesday, August 30th.
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is a multi-disciplinary arts and media non-profit dedicated to presenting contemporary art, performing arts, and community media programs that reflect Brooklyn’s diverse communities, and to providing resources and platforms to support the creative process. All of its offerings are free or low cost, to enhance the public’s access to and understanding of arts and media. Each year, upwards of a million people in Brooklyn and citywide are served through our programs.
BRIC’s community media program offers affordable media facilities, equipment and education as well as Brooklyn-focused television programming to Brooklyn residents through the BCAT Media Center; the Brooklyn Center for Media Education, and the BCAT TV Network with its three programming initiatives: Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT), the community-produced Brooklyn Free Speech TV and the Brooklyn Bulletin Board, a 24/7 looping community announcement service used by over 1,000 Brooklyn non-profits. The BCAT TV Network’s programming is cablecast into the homes of over 500,000 Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, RCN and Verizon subscribers throughout Brooklyn and streamed online to reach viewers all over the world.
Brooklyn Independent Television (BIT) produces over seventy hours a week of Brooklyn-focused television programs covering public affairs, arts and culture, health and business, sports, and Brooklyn neighborhoods, aimed to reach the diverse audiences within New York City’s most populous borough. For more information bricartsmedia.org/bit. In collaboration with three Brooklyn schools, professional videographers and produced by BIT, “Reveal the Real: Kids Uncover the History of Brooklyn” is a three-year project funded by a We the People Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. “Reveal the Real” documents students’ discovery of Brooklyn’s history focusing on the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Industrial Age. For more information: bricartsmedia.org/revealthereal