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Ilya Chaiken's "tender, wise, and deceptively low key" (New York Times)
film Liberty Kid captures with compassion and street-smart humor the spirit
and pain of America transformed by September 11 through the eyes of two
Brooklyn youths.
Childhood friends Derrick (Al Thompson) and Tico (Kareem Saviñon)
occupy a high school dropout limbo operating a concession stand at the foot
of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Fast talking Tico's ambitions
reach no further than collecting the next paycheck or pretty girl's phone
number, while Derrick has his eyes on a different prize. But when the World
Trade Center terrorist attack plunges their lives, their community, and
their country into chaos, Derrick's vision of a college-educated future goes
up in smoke in the first of many incidences of personal collateral damage
both he and Tico must endure. Out of work and fending for themselves in a
traumatized city, Derrick and Tico drift into petty drug deals and
half-baked scams as America inches ever closer to a war that will change
both of their lives forever.Using a "Wire-worthy ear for the street talk of South Williamsburg,"
(Village Voice), independent film phenomenon Chaiken "never allows her small
budget to show" (New York Times), "makes us feel for her characters" (New
York Post), and evokes simple and memorable human truths about life on
society's margins.
2008 92 min. Color Letterboxed (1.85:1) Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
GLASS EYE PIX in association with RING THE JING ENTERTAINMENT presents AL
THOMPSON KAREEM SAVIÑON in LIBERTY KID
ANNY MARIANO RAQUEL JORDAN ROSA RAMOS JOHNNY RIVERA RAYNIEL RUFINO FLY
WILLIAMS and JOE BATAAN
casting VICTORIA ASNESS NATE WILLIAMS production design JESSE CAIN
composer JEFF GRACE sound editor MARK GARCIA sound mixer MARTIN
CZEMBOR
director of photography ELIOT ROCKETT editor DAVE ROCK co-producer MIKE
KING executive producers CLAUDE WASSERSTEIN ANDREA VAN BEUREN
producers LARRY FESSENDEN MIKE S. RYAN ROGER KASS written and
directed by ILYA CHAIKEN
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