Who rules the streets? In the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you might think its real estate developers, aggressive cab drivers, and roving groups of hipsters. And while in some moments this may be true, let us go on a slightly different tour of the neighborhood – one led by the the area’s animalian residents of all forms and sizes – from ants to steak, and everything in between. A quirky and fast-paced film structured around the English alphabet, this piece aims to humorously present the elements that compose this diverse and rapidly changing pocket of New York City.
Team
Sarah Stein Kerr
Originally hailing from the great state of Minnesota, Sarah is an NYC-based activist and media-maker. She currently works at WITNESS, a human rights organization focused on using video as a tool for change. Sarah holds a BA in Political Science and International Development Studies from McGill University in Montreal.
Katherin Machalek
Katherin is a self-taught filmmaker, videographer and photographer based in Brooklyn, whose work seeks to blur the borders of narrative and experimental documentary. She enjoys collaborating with music composers and considers sound a great inspiration for her creations. In May 2014, Katherin released her first feature documentary CLIM8″ at the Altitudes Festival in Switzerland, which is being distributed by Les Disques du 7ème Ciel on DVD and vinyl in summer 2015. In 2015, Katherin co-directed two shorts, The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog and I Was Here First, for the Living Los Sures interactive documentary project. She is coordinator of the New York Docs Film Fatales collective and directed her first fiction feature in summer 2015 with two Fatales members.
Marina Lameiro
Marina Lameiro, a filmmaker from the Basque Country, works primarily in the realm of personal documentary. She studied Editing and received her Masters degree in Creative Documentary in Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where she co-directed the film Demonstration with Victor Kossakovsky and 31 other students. Marina holds a BA in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. Currently she is finishing her first feature documentary, an intimate portrait of 5 young people who are trying to find their place in the world.
Sarah Stein Kerr
Originally hailing from the great state of Minnesota, Sarah is an NYC-based activist and media-maker. She currently works at WITNESS, a human rights organization focused on using video as a tool for change. Sarah holds a BA in Political Science and International Development Studies from McGill University in Montreal.
Katherin Machalek
Katherin is a self-taught filmmaker, videographer and photographer based in Brooklyn, whose work seeks to blur the borders of narrative and experimental documentary. She enjoys collaborating with music composers and considers sound a great inspiration for her creations. In May 2014, Katherin released her first feature documentary CLIM8″ at the Altitudes Festival in Switzerland, which is being distributed by Les Disques du 7ème Ciel on DVD and vinyl in summer 2015. In 2015, Katherin co-directed two shorts, The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog and I Was Here First, for the Living Los Sures interactive documentary project. She is coordinator of the New York Docs Film Fatales collective and directed her first fiction feature in summer 2015 with two Fatales members.
Marina Lameiro
Marina Lameiro, a filmmaker from the Basque Country, works primarily in the realm of personal documentary. She studied Editing and received her Masters degree in Creative Documentary in Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where she co-directed the film Demonstration with Victor Kossakovsky and 31 other students. Marina holds a BA in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. Currently she is finishing her first feature documentary, an intimate portrait of 5 young people who are trying to find their place in the world.