Film
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ISLAND FLICKS The Caribbean Diaspora Film Festival returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with five days of film that explore life in Haiti, Cuba, and Trinidad, among other island nations. Highlights include “The Agronomist,” about the Haitian national hero Jean Dominique (tonight, 6:50 p.m.), and “One Love,” a Romeo and Juliet story set in contemporary Jamaica (Sunday, 9:15 p.m.). Tonight through Monday, times vary, BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 members, students, seniors, and children. For a full schedule, go to www.bam.org.
RETRO COLORS The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents eight classic movies from the 1940s through 1960s in a new series, “Technicolor Dreaming.” The dyetransfer process named Technicolor was phased out of Hollywood in 1974, but its bright colors still impress. Screenings include Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 terror flick “The Birds” (tomorrow, 6:30 p.m.), and Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly’s musical “Singin’ in the Rain.” (Sunday, 6 p.m.). Series: Tomorrow through Monday, times vary, Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-496-3809, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members, $5 seniors and children. For a full schedule, go to www.filmlinc.com.
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