The West Begins At Fifth Avenue
History and myth merge in this impressionistic mini-epic that imagines the birth and early life of legendary gunslinger Billy the Kid when he truly was a kid -- one of thousands of urchins trying to survive on the streets of 19th-century New York City's Lower East Side. The West Begins at Fifth Avenue draws visual inspiration from the photographs of Jacob Riis and borrows the cinematic language of early silent cinema to create an evocative, highly unconventional Western set entirely in New York City -- and in the mind.
Cast
- Christine Sircusa (Lead Actor)
- Jack O'Brien (Lead Actor)
- John Edmund Morgan (Supporting)
Credits
- Directors
- Kryssa Schemmerling, Donald Gray
- Producers
- Claire Beckman
- Co producers
- Kryssa Schemmerling
- Cinematographers
- Ben Wolf
- Editors
- Sharon Hughes
- Sound editors
- Eve Cuyen
Screenings
- Visionfest 14 05/2014 (Won for Production Design
- Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Production and for Writing)
- Amarcort 14 12/2014
- Speechless Film Festival 03/2015
- Sound of Silent Film Festival 04/2015
- NewFilmmakers New York 04/2015
runtime: 17 min
screening: July 4th