Free Virtual World Premiere Screening of “Life & Larry Brown”

The Gold Coast International Film Festival is pleased to host the online world premiere screening of a new film, “Life & Larry Brown,” a powerful and moving documentary from Scott D. Rosenbaum, the award-winning director of “Sidemen: Long Road To Glory.” The free, virtual film will be presented on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. and can be accessed by visiting www.goldcoastarts.org or sending an email to info@goldcoastarts.org for the link, which will be emailed just before the start of the film.

Larry Brown was born in 1953 in Forsyth, Georgia, a town steeped in oppression and racism. This deeply moving 37-minute film follows Larry as he reflects on a tumultuous life that led to a murder conviction, subsequent 34-year prison sentence and the salvation that his mother’s love and a guitar provided. Music was the game-changer for Larry Brown and helped him survive 34 years, across seven different prisons and five parole denials.

A live, online Q&A will follow the world premiere of “Life & Larry Brown” with the film’s director, Scott D. Rosenbaum, and Gold Coast’s founder and executive director, Regina Gil.

While its doors remain temporarily closed due to coronavirus restrictions, the Gold Coast Arts Center continues to provide art, music, film, and other enrichment activities online. To learn more about the virtual arts programs available visit goldcoastarts.org.

About the Gold Coast Arts Center
The Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) multi-arts organization dedicated to promoting the arts through education, exhibition, performance, and outreach. For a quarter-century, it has brought the arts to tens of thousands of people throughout the Long Island region. Among the Center’s offerings are its School for the Arts, which holds year-round classes in visual and performing arts for students of all ages and abilities; a free public art gallery; a concert and lecture series; film screenings and discussions; the annual Gold Coast International Film Festival; and initiatives that focus on senior citizens and underserved communities. These initiatives include artist residencies, after-school programs, school assemblies, teacher-training workshops, and parent-child workshops. The Gold Coast Arts Center’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The Gold Coast Arts Center is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts “Partners in Education” program and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.goldcoastarts.org.