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Directed By: Steve Bilich
Release Date: 2008-03-10
Running Time: 0:13
Content Rating: PG (Parental Guidance)
DVD Region: All Regions
Media Format: NTSC-DVD
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Genres: Documentary >> History :: Documentary >> Places :: Short Films >> Real Life
Influences: Fog of War // 9/11 // Koyaanisqatsi // Silent Film

Synopsis

Seen on WNET-PBS, In Canada on APTN, and at over 20 film festivals, you can now own the award-winning film the Austin Chronicle calls "The stuff dreams - and nightmares - are made of".

This silent documentary with an original score was filmed through the eye of a 1924 hand-crank spring-wound Cine-Kodak camera. This film features Terry 'Coyote' Murphy representing the Native American influence of the isle of Manhattan.

Coyote, a Shaman Trail Scout, takes a journey which transcends time, weaving from Inwood Park (where the island was traded for beads & booze), down a long native path (now called 'the great white way', more commonly known as 'Broadway'), to the lower reaches of Manhattan into 'ground zero' (which is now a sacred burial ground for not just the American Indian & the slaves of yesteryear, but for the newest natives of this island empire as well).

"Native New Yorker" - shot before, during and after 9/11 - took several years of filming, with a running time of 13 minutes this is a film by Steve Bilich with an original score composed by William Susman.

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  • WINNER 2006 Tribeca Film Festival - Best Documentary Short
  • WINNER 2006 Park City Film Music Festival - Best Film Score
  • WINNER 2005 Moondance Film Festival - Best Documentary Short

Festivals

  • Tribeca Film Festival
  • Moondance Film Festival
  • Park City FIlm Music Festival
  • Expresion en Corto
  • Global Voices/UNAFF
  • CINEQUEST
  • Tiburon International Film Festival
  • Raindance Film Festival
  • United Nations Association Film Festival
  • Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
  • Rome International Film Festival
  • Vancouver International Film Festival
  • Action/Cut Short Film Competition
  • Avignon International Film Festival

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