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Native New Yorker (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Native New Yorker' (2005) is the title of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short 'Independentfilm.com' May 6, 2006, "[http://www.independentfilm.com/resources/tribeca-film-festival-award-winners-2006.shtml Fifth Annual Tribeca Film Festival Concludes with May 6 Awards Ceremony]" by Steve Bilich."The Austin Chronicle" [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:574152 M. Savlov, Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters]
Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera,"Tribeca Film Festival" [http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/Native_New_Yorker.html Program Notes, Native New Yorker, 2006] Shaman Trail Scout 'Coyote' takes a journey which transcends time, from Inwood Park (where the island was traded for beads and booze), down a native trail (now 'Broadway'), into lower Manhattan (sacred burial ground, now including the newest natives of this island empire).
Shot before, during and after 9/11, 'Native New Yorker' took several years of filming, with a running length of 13 minutes. This is a film by Steve Bilich with an original score composed by William Susman.
New Internationalist calls 'Native New Yorker' "...a conventionally unclassifiable short... In 13 minutes it brilliantly encapsulates aeons.""New Internationalist, December 2010, Issue 438" [http://www.newint.org/columns/media/film/2010/12/01/real-cinema/ Where is the real cinema? Malcolm Lewis finds quality beyond Disney and exotic settings]
"...the stuff dreams - and nightmares - are made of.""The Austin Chronicle" [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:574152 M. Savlov, Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters] -The Austin Chronicle
In 2009, the film score to Native New Yorker was released on a CD entitled 'Music for Moving Pictures'."Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange" [http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p05604.htm A review by Mark S. Tucker]
In 2011, the Tribeca Film Institute selected Native New Yorker for inclusion "Tribeca Film Institute" [http://reframecollection.org/films/film?Id=2116 Native New Yorker at the TFI Reframe Collection] in their Reframe Collection which "shares the best of our visual heritage.""Tribeca Film Institute" [http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/reframe/about/ About The Tribeca Film Institute Reframe Collection]
In 2013, the Sound of Silent Film Festival"Tribeca Film" [http://tribecafilm.com/stories/sound-of-silent-festival-film-anthology-archives News & Trends, by the Editors June 4, 2013] screened Native New Yorker with a live orchestra
"Vimeo from kim schlechter" [http://vimeo.com/68552779 native new yorker - sound of silent film festival in New York] at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City.
In 2014, The 50th Pesaro Film Festival in Pesaro Italy featured Native New Yorker in Panorama U.S.A. Il cinema sperimentale-narrativo nel nuovo millennio"50a Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro 23 - 29 giugno 2014" [http://www.pesarofilmfest.it/native-new-yorker?lang=it Teatro Sperimentale]
In 2015, The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. featured Native New Yorker in a retrospective entitled "American Experiments in Narrative: 2000-2015" "National Gallery of Art"[http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/calendar/film/DFP%20archive%20pdfs/ngafilm-2015-spring.pdf National Gallery of Art Film - Spring 2015]
Festivals
*8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival - Athens, Greece
*50th Pesaro Film Festival - Pesaro, Italy
*Sound of Silent Film Festival - New York, NY
*Native Spirit Film Festival - London, UK
*Rooftop Film Festival - New York, NY
*Cinestrat Film Festival - Alicante, Spain
*Austin Jewish Film Festival - Austin,Texas
*WILDsound Film Festival - Toronto, Canada
*Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival - Lincoln, Nebraska
*Moondance International Film Festival - Los Angeles, California
*Expresion en Corto International Film Festival - Guanajuato, Mexico
*Global Voices/UNAFF - Harvard Cambridge, Mass.
*Tribeca Film Festival - New York, NY
*Cinequest Film Festival - San Jose, California
*Tiburon International Film Festival - Tiburon, California
*Park City Film Music Festival - Park City, Utah
*Raindance Film Festival - London, United Kingdom
*United Nations Association Film Festival - Palo Alto, California
*LA Shorts Fest - Los Angeles, California
*Rome International Film Festival - Rome, Georgia
*Vancouver International Film Festival Vancouver, Canada
*Action/Cut Short Film Competition - Los Angeles, California
*Avignon Film Festival - Avignon, France
*Moondance International Film Festival - Boulder, Colorado
Awards
* Tribeca Film Festival - WINNER Best Documentary Short ( 2006)
* Park City Film Music Festival - WINNER Audience Choice Best Impact of Music (2006)
* Park City Film Music Festival - WINNER Gold Medal Jury's Choice - Artistic Excellence (2006)
* Moondance International Film Festival - WINNER Columbine Award (2005)
Broadcasts
* Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) (throughout Canada)
* PBS / WNET Reel New York (New York)
* Comcast (throughout the United States)
References
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