Long Island Shorts
3 SHORTS
The Backstretch
The Breach
The Boxer
Additional Info
The Backstretch
8 minutes
DIRECTOR: Bobby Cassidy
PRODUCERS: Arnold Miller,
Greg Inserillo, Jessica Kelley
CINEMATOGRAPHER - Jeffrey Basinger
Q/A with Director, Bobby Cassidy; Producer, Greg Iserillo
The preparation to make a Triple Crown winner begins on the backstretch at Belmont Park. It is a community unto itself, where trainers, hot walkers, grooms and exercise riders play their part in preparing thoroughbred horses to race. And when a horse like American Pharoah is running for the Triple Crown, the eyes of the world turn to the backstretch.
The Breach
32 minutes
DIRECTORS: Keif Roberts, Peter J. Haas PRODUCER: Keif Roberts EDITORS: Peter J. Haas, Keif Roberts CINEMATOGRAPHER: Peter J. Haas
Q/A with Director, Keif Roberts; Editor, Peter J. Haas
Tom Schultz believes he’s discovered a silver lining in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: a breach in the offshore barrier island has transformed Long Island’s once heavily polluted Bellport Bay into a pristine boaters’ paradise. While many welcome the newly reclaimed waters, other residents believe the breach has caused dangerous flood waters to rise, endangering
The Boxer
15 minutes
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Basinger
PRODUCERS: Arnold Miller,
Mark La Monica, Bobby Cassidy
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeffrey Basinger
Q/A with Director/Producer, Bobby Cassidy; Co-Producers, Arnold Miller, Mark LaMonica, Jeff Basinger
In less than one year, Long Island raised Chris Algieri went from boxing at The Paramount in Huntington to facing Manny Pacquiao on HBO pay-per-view in Macau, China. This films follows Algieri's journey from training camps, to press junkets and finally to fight night in China.