MADE BY HAND - THE CIGAR SHOP

 “MAKING FILMS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE HARDEST ENDEAVORS KNOWN TO HUMANKIND.”  SPIKE LEE

ONE OF MY PERSONAL GOALS IS TO SHOOT A FILM.  I MEAN, WRITE THE SCRIPT, HIRE THE ACTORS, DIRECT, SHOOT, EDIT, WARDROBE; THE WHOLE SHEBANG.  JUST THINKING ABOUT IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS!

AS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE I’M INTERESTED IN, I STUDY THE SUBJECT MATTER.  SOME OF MY RESEARCH IS DONE ON VIMEO.

A FEW YEARS BACK, I RAN ACROSS A FILM PROJECT NAMED:

“MADE BY HAND – THE CIGAR SHOP” 

IT IS VERY WELL DONE!  IN FACT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT VISITED NEW YORK SINCE THE MID-NINETIES, THIS SPOT WILL DEFINITELY BE ON MY LIST, WHENEVER I VISIT AGAIN.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT, AS MUCH AS I DID!

PEACE AND NAMASTE.

BOWTIE.

TO EXPERIENCE THE PROJECT, PLEASE CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW.

“A PROJECT FROM BUREAU OF COMMON GOODS, MADE BY HAND IS A NEW SHORT FILM SERIES CELEBRATING THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THINGS BY HAND—SUSTAINABLY, LOCALLY, AND WITH A LOVE FOR THEIR CRAFT.

IN 1974, DOMINICAN IMMIGRANT DON ANTONIO MARTINEZ STARTED A SMALL SHOP IN NEW YORK CITY SELLING HAND ROLLED CIGARS. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS LATER HIS SON, JESUS, CARRIES ON THE TRADITION. THE SHOP COMBINES CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH COMMUNITY, MIXING EQUAL PARTS WORK AND PLAY.

DIRECTOR-PRODUCER KEEF
CO-DIRECTOR ELIAS RESSEGATTI
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
EDITOR MATT SHAPIRO
TITLE DESIGN MANDY BROWN
COMPOSER NATHAN ROSENBERG / DOGHOUSENYC
RE-RECORDING MIXER NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY
ASSISTANT RE-RECORDING MIXER JOHN GUMAER
SOUND RECORDIST ROBERT ALBRECHT
ADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDING JON MOORE

SPECIAL THANKS
JESUS MARTINEZ / MARTINEZ CIGARS
CREW CUTS
MATT DICKEY
ALEX KAHN & MARY WOOD / FRISBIE
DAVID HAYAN / SUPERSONIC CREATIVE”

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