Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, the subject of our new in-progress feature documentary “Brasslands”, will be performing this Friday, July 9th, as the opening act to a presentation of Kickstarter-funded films at the Rooftop Films Summer Series. The trailer for “Brasslands” will be screening as well!

Join us on top of the Old American Can Factory for an evening of music and films!

Friday, July 9, 2010
8:00 PM Doors
8:30 PM Zlatne Uste
9:00 PM Films

On the roof of The Old American Can Factory
Gowanus / Park Slope
232 Third St. @ 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
F/G to Carroll St. or M/R to Union

Support our latest documentary Brasslands on Kickstarter!  We’re looking to raise $10,000 in donations by July 4th, to fund the creation of our latest meerkat dream:  Make a feature length, character driven documentary about the worlds biggest trumpet festival.

The tiny Serbian town of Gu?a explodes with brass cacophony as half a million fans descend upon the world’s biggest trumpet festival. This year’s 50th festival anniversary promises to be an event of epic proportions, showcasing the musical pride of a region still recovering from decades of political upheaval. At stake is a singular moment in history when people from opposite sides of the globe are forced to confront the origins of their cultural identities in very different ways. Brasslands is the story of an unlikely American brass band’s journey across the Atlantic, their music, and just below the surface the human stories that play to this Balkan soundtrack.

Learn more, watch the trailer and donate:    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/460169879/brasslands

Join us for a FREE hometown screening of our collaboratively created feature documentary STAGES as part of the Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series.

Monday, July 5th at 7pm @ BARBES

376 9th St (at 6th Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn

More information here:  http://www.brooklynindependent.com/

Do you like DANCING, MUSIC, FILM, GOOD FOOD & DRINKS?

* WHAT: Concert Fundraiser Spectacular
* WHERE: DCTV Firehouse, 87 Lafayette St., Manhattan
* WHEN: Thursday, June 3rd, 7PM – Midnight
* WHO: You and all your friends
* $15 – 25 suggested donation at the door.

Come feast and dance the night away at our joint fundraiser to support America’s favorite Balkan brass band and a new feature documentary from MEERKAT MEDIA!

Meerkat Media is chronicling ZLATNE USTE –- an all-American Balkan brass band -– as they travel to Serbia in August 2010 to play in competition at Gu?a, the biggest, craziest trumpet festival in human history. For 10 insane days, half a million people from all over the world will invade a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of a festival that dwarfs puny American music festivals like Coachella and Burning Man, surviving half a century of political turmoil to represent the triumph of the musical spirit.

We need your help to send the band to Serbia as American representatives of this infectious music, and to fund our exciting documentary examining the cross-cultural implications of this historic event.

Kick off the journey with us and enjoy a full evening of Balkan dancing, food and drink, donation prizes, and a sneak peek at the film trailer and other works by Meerkat Media.

Featuring the amazing sounds of Zlatne Uste and unbelievable beats of Veveritse. Hosted by DCTV at the landmark historic firehouse in downtown Manhattan.

Please come on by for a taste of the irresistible Balkan beat and for a chance to support independent filmmaking!

Our award winning feature documentary STAGES is having it’s TN premiere at the prestigious Nashville Film Festival!

It will be screening on Friday April 6th at 3:00pm and Sunday April 18th at 7:15pm

Buy tickets and learn more here