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Native New Yorker

Art Film / Documentary / Reality

Intended Audience: Mature

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Shot before, during and after 9/11, 'Native New Yorker' is a surreal journey which transcends time.

WINNER Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short: 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.


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  • Directed by Steve Bilich
  • Written by Steve Bilich
  • Produced by Steve Bilich
    William Susman
  • Running Time 13 min
  • Release Date 2005
  • Country United States of America
  • Content Rating Intended Audience: mature
  • Website Native New Yorker

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Directed by Steve Bilich

Written by Steve Bilich

Produced by Steve Bilich
William Susman

Cast John ‘Pope’ Paul:
Terry ‘Coyote’ Murphy:
Crew Steve Bilich: Editor
Steve Bilich: Cinematographer
William Susman: Composer
Tribeca Film Festival -- Best Short Documentary (Won)
Moondance International Film Festival -- Best Short Documentary (Won)
Park City Film Music Festival -- Best Short Documentary (Won)
Rooftop Film Festival
Cinestrat Film Festival
Austin Jewish Film Festival
WILDsound Film Festival
WILDsound Film Festival
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
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 Film Festival

Steven Garfinkel (film stock angel and expert on these old cameras) of Kodak NYC, was kind enough to donate 10 thousand feet of film, which I began shooting in 1999.

The hard costs and emotional costs of this film are very difficult to calculate... most of the financial expenses were in post, but to be quite honest, Marv Soloway (another film angel, now retired), and Joe Monge, both at Duarte at the time, threw me several bones.

I had a lot of angels, including Jack Hazzard (an Austinite/New Yorker, like myself) who did an initial edit on his dime, back in 2001, when I was detained working at 'ground zero'...and financially spent! It is so hard to put a price on something, especially now with Bill Susman’s hauntingly beautiful music.

This film took several years to make and was produced for pennies on the dollar and a prayer; with a lot of help from those loving caring New Yorkers that you hear nothing about in the movies. The financial cost was minimal, but the human costs were insurmountable.

This film is dedicated to all native New Yorkers!

-- Steve Bilich
Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer

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