Native New Yorker is now available for institutional licensing through Gartenberg Media.
Winner of numerous awards upon its 2006 release, Steve Bilich's NATIVE NEW YORKER reflects on the 9/11 attack.
Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera, 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."
"...the stuff dreams - and nightmares - are made of." - The Austin Chronicle
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