by Skyler Reid | Dec 11, 2013 | 2013 Fall, New York Stories of Compelling Issues Fall 2013
“Hand Stitched: Teaching Needlework” by Skyler Reid http://www.vimeo.com/80983468 Marion Anderson has crafted a life around a needle and thread. After 70 years in the custom tailoring business, he now runs a small school out of his home in Harlem. See...
by Skyler Reid | Nov 8, 2013 | 2013 Fall, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Fall 2013
“Renegade Market: Robert LaValva and the battle for the New Amsterdam Market” by Skyler Reid http://www.vimeo.com/77588984 Robert LaValva is campaigning to keep the New Amsterdam Market up and running at its current site by the old Fulton Fish Market. The...
by Skyler Reid | Sep 23, 2013 | Film Festival Three 2013 Fall
The Photographers on Photography Interesting that a video about photographers makes such little use of images (although they’re used quite powerfully). However I found the narrative, with the quick cuts and repetition, to be very effective. Maybe I’m just...
by Skyler Reid | Sep 4, 2013 | 2013 Fall, Film Festival Two 2013 Fall
I couldn’t help grinning the entire time I watched this. Definitely a testament to having a strange character. The effect at 3:04, with a close-up shot and a “ding,” is a great pivot in the story.
by Skyler Reid | Sep 4, 2013 | 2013 Fall, Film Festival One 2013 Fall
Okay, it’s not valid for the first film festival, but I still wanted to take a moment to share. It’s 15 minutes, which I was certain meant I would lose interest. And after three or four minutes, I started to wonder: “Where is this even going?”...
