Native New Yorker (2005) is the title of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short Independentfilm.com May 6, 2006, "Fifth Annual Tribeca Film Festival Concludes with May 6 Awards Ceremony" by Steve Bilich."The Austin Chronicle" M. Savlov, Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters
Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera,"Tribeca Film Festival" 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 the September 11 attacks, '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" 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" 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" A review by Mark S. Tucker
In 2011, the Tribeca Film Institute selected Native New Yorker for inclusion "Tribeca Film Institute" Native New Yorker at the TFI Reframe Collection in their Reframe Collection which "shares the best of our visual heritage.""Tribeca Film Institute" About The Tribeca Film Institute Reframe Collection
In 2013, the Sound of Silent Film Festival"Tribeca Film" News & Trends, by the Editors June 4, 2013 screened Native New Yorker with a live orchestra "Vimeo from kim schlechter" 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" 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"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
External links NativeNewYorkerFilm.com - Official Website Alternative Film Guide - 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Awards
The TFI Reframe Collection - Tribeca Film Institute Online Portal for Independent Film Channel Thirteen - PBS / WNET - Reel New York Film Festival Amazon.com - Available at Amazon in 2011 Film Score at iTunes - Released on album entitled Music For Moving Pictures in 2009