Doin’ It In The Park
700+ PLAYGROUNDS. 500,000+ PLAYERS. 8,000,000 STORIES.
In New York City, pick-up basketball is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church.
Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices of playground legends (James “Fly” Williams, “Pee Wee” Kirkland, Corey “Homicide” Williams), NBA athletes (Brandon Jennings, Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson), national sportswriters (Alex Wolff, Scoop Jackson), and most importantly the common ballplayer who dreams all day about getting off work so that he or she can call “next” game at their local schoolyard.
Directed by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau
Produced by Thibaut de Longeville
360 Creative, Paris France
COMING IN 2012
Me@TheZoo
Leave Britney Alone
Me@TheZoo tells the fascinating modern tale of Chris Crocker, a video blogger from a small town in Tennessee. Part of the first generation that came of age under constant self-surveillance, his online videos have been viewed hundreds of millions of times. Using an unprecedented style of story telling, film weaves a tapestry of Web comments and response videos with reactions from fans and haters to map the controversial rise of an Internet folk hero.
This unconventional documentary excavates a personal story that is written on the Internet and, in the process, uncovers an identity defined by technology. Me@TheZoo explores the way video sharing and social platforms shape our stories and mediate our lives.
Official Sundance 2012 Selection
Directors: Chris Moukarbel & Valerie Veatch
Producers: Jack Turner, Nick Shumaker
BearCity 2
Fur is Flying……again!
BearCity 2 follows the funny, romantic, and occasionally dramatic adventures of a group of bears and cubs in New York City. The sequel follows our familiar characters and a few new ones as they head to Provincetown, MA for Bear Week!
Directed by Doug Langway
COMING IN 2012
Con Artist
Fame is Love
Con Artist is a docu-comedy feature film about art, money, celebrity, love, and fakery centering on the bizarre career and persona of “business artist” Mark Kostabi. A product of post-Warhol commodity-based “business art” Mark Kostabi is one of the world’s most divisive and successful living artists, selling over one thousand paintings every year, all of which were conceived of and painted by his employees. Although a pariah in the upper-echelons of the A-list art establishment, his employee-centered studio persists and thrives today as he continues to sell paintings to mid-level collectors worldwide.
Directed & produced by Michael Sladek
Co-executive producer Perry Grebin
Executive Producer Gill Holland
Street Pillow, or The Sidewalk Sleep
If only love could be this simple…
Street Pillow, or The Sidewalk Sleep follows a down-on-his-luck bike messenger daring to dream of an impossible love, attempting to win the heart of a beautiful girl by delivering a flower to her every morning.
Directed by Charles Q. Drexler
BearCity
It’s Sex and the City with Fur!!!
Set in New York’s gay “bear” scene and taking a cue from the popular HBO franchise, BearCity follows a tight-knit pack of friends experiencing comical mishaps, emotionally sweet yet lust romantic encounters and a cast of colorful, diverse characters as they gear up for a big party weekend!
Directed by Doug Langway
Original score by Kerry Muzzey
Executive Producers: Jim Lande, Derek Curl, Lewis Tice and Henry White
