If you’ve every shopped at the B&H Superstore, you’ll appreciate this little ride along their crazy conveyor system.
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Brandon Roots and Felix Thompson of Buffalo Picture House went out during Hurricane Irene and shot this lovely short film.
Made by Hand is a short film series “celebrating the people who makes things by hand — sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft”. Made by Hand was started by Keef, a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who was inspired to create a series about the handmade movement happening around him.
Their inaugural film, The Distiller, is a really lovely look at the Breuckelen Distilling Company, Brooklyn’s first gin distiller since prohibition.
At one point, the heat begins to get to Gary. Understandable, because his outfit, a sequined, black, full-length robe with a crown on his head and a silver chain, wasn’t designed for New York City heatwaves. Nevertheless, as a past President of the Imperial Court of New York, he proudly wears his formal attire. Damian too is dressed in a fancy white admiral’s jacket with an elaborate gold lapel hanging across his chest. Damian is all smiles, making sure that others knew how happy he was. With every picture, the couple beams, glowing in the way that one expects a couple to glow on their wedding day. 90 minutes later, Gary and Damian reach the steps leading to the Clerk’s office. Over the din of a “if you’re gay and you know it, stomp your feet” chant from the line behind them, the couple climb the steps. Damian nervously mentions that his heart is racing and works to fill every moment with excited conversation. Gary acts reserved and makes jokes about his last chance to run away. “No one could take this from us,” exclaims Damian proudly as he walks through the doorway. “Yes! Yes!”
Subway Performers – Amazing Grace
As I was waiting for the subway last night after work, there two musicians across the subway tracks playing Amazing Grace on electric guitar and trombone. It was hauntingly beautiful and I had to record the little bit that I could before the train came.
Its fun to see wonderful friends captured in stunning photographs.
“There’s No Place Like Here: Brazenhead Books” by Andrew David Watson is a short documentary about an illegal used bookstore hidden in a private residence in New York City. The owner of Brazenhead Books, career bookseller Michael Seidenberg, began selling books from his residence after being forced to close a more traditional second-hand shop due to rising rent. Over on the Etsy Blog, Andrew David Watson explains how he found the bookstore and filmed the documentary.