A Featured Film at the 18Th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival Friday, July 20Th at 3:00 P.M
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A featured film at The 18th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival Friday, July 20th at 3:00 p.m. The Stony Brook Film Festival takes place at the Staller Center For The Arts, part of Stony Brook University, which is situated on an 1,100 acre site on the north shore of Long Island in southeastern New York. We are approximately 60 miles east of New York City. http://stonybrookfilmfestival.com/fest13/schedule-1.html TWA Flight 800 Festival Premiere—U.S.A.—86 minutes Directed by Kristina Borjesson. With Tom Stalcup, Ph.D., Henry F. Hughes, Robert Young, James Speer. Premium network EPIX presents a stunning American documentary having its Festival Premiere screening followed by a Q & A panel discussion with the filmmakers, Kristina Borjesson and Tom Stalcup. TWA Flight 800 presents the saga of the catastrophic crash off the south shore of Long Island on July 17, 1996. At the time, it was called "the largest aviation investigation in U.S. and world history.” But it was also the most controversial. Now, a team of insiders from that investigation comes forward in this feature documentary to uncover what really happened to TWA Flight 800. It is also the story of one extraordinary scientist, Tom Stalcup, who spent years fighting for access to documents and evidence. Thirteen years into his quest, several retired members of the official crash investigation joined him. In TWA Flight 800, these former government insiders blow the whistle on their own investigation and spend two years helping the scientist uncover the truth. What follows is a story of intense personal journeys and a grand-scale exposé with breathtaking implications. The producer/director of TWA Flight 800 is print and broadcast journalist Kristina Borjesson, who edited and contributed to the book, Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press, for which she won the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award. Jeff Segansky, entertainment industry veteran and former president of CBS Broadcasting is executive producer. TWA Flight 800 is an EPIX Original Documentary with a premiere date on EPIX and EpixHD.com on July 17, 2013. Produced by Kristina Borjesson. Executive Producers: EPIX, Mark Greenberg, Jeff Sagansky. Edited by David Jakubovic. Director of Photography: Kevin Cloutier. DIRECTIONS: By Car From New York City, take the Long Island Expressway (LIE, I-495) eastbound from the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan or the Throgs Neck Bridge or Whitestone Bridge in Queens to exit 62, and follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north for 9 miles. The main entrance to the University is on the left. Follow signs to the parking garage and proceed to the Staller Center. By Train Take the Long Island Railroad's Port Jefferson line from Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan to Stony Brook. The train station is at the north end of the campus, and bus service to the central campus is provided. Some trains require changing at Jamaica Station and some at Huntington Station. At the train station you can either walk to the Staller Center or take a short taxi or bus ride to the Staller Center. By Ferry Car ferries cross Long Island Sound at Bridgeport, Connecticut to Port Jefferson, Long Island. Take Route 25A west to Nicolls Road, and turn left on Nicolls. The University entrances are the first three intersections you come to. From New London, Connecticut to Orient Point, Long Island Take Route 25A west to Nicolls Road and proceed as above. Follow signs to the parking garage and proceed to the Staller Center By Plane Long Island's Islip-MacArthur Airport is 16 miles from the campus and is serviced by direct flights by major airlines and commuter lines. New York City Area Airports (JFK, LaGuardia and Newark) are 50 miles to the west. Driving directions to Stony Brook University from Islip-MacArthur Airport: exit the airport via Johnson Avenue. Turn right onto Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454 West). Turn right onto Lakeland Avenue (Route 93) and right again onto Smithtown Avenue. After crossing the bridge, Smithtown Avenue becomes Ronkonkoma Avenue. Turn right onto Expressway Drive South and take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) east to Exit 62 (Route 97) and follow Nicolls Road north for 9 miles. The main entrance to the University is on the left. Follow signs to the parking garage and proceed to the Staller Center. .