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In twelve years, Mark Elijah Rosenberg has transformed Rooftop Films from a party he threw on his East Village roof with a sheet and a projector to a summer long short film festival with screenings at unique locations all over the five boroughs. The organization has forged collaborations with more than 30 film festivals, schools, and social service organizations throughout New York's five boroughs and across the country. Tomorrow night Rooftop will hold a free screening of at the north end of Central Park of “Trouble the Water”, a Sundance Award Winning documentary about people in the 9th Ward of New Orleans who filmed their own survival of Hurricane Katrina. Mark took some time to answer our questions about what inspires him so much in showing art that is forced to interact with the city that surrounds it.