FILM
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S - THE MUSICAL SHUTTLE
documentary
40 min
IT’S JUST ANOTHER STORY ABOUT STREET PERFORMERS, EXCEPT IT ISN’T. MEET THE S-TRAIN: A CONCERT HALL ON WHEELS, WHERE MUSICIANS COME IN SEARCH OF MONEY, COMMUNITY AND FAME.
SYNOPSIS
‘THE MUSICAL SHUTTLE,’ BRINGS TOGETHER A UNIQUE COMMUNITY OF SOME OF NEW YORK’S MOST TALENTED STREET PERFORMERS. WHILE THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES AND STORIES, THEY SHARE THE JOURNEY FROM TIMES SQUARE TO GRAND CENTRAL, AND THE DESIRE TO STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT OF FAME.
S FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF THREE MUSICIANS ON AND OFF THE TRAIN, AS THEY SING, DANCE, AND STRUGGLE WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
a version of the full length film was published in The New Yorker
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credits
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produced by alina abouelenin & benjamin bergmann
directed by alina abouelenin & benjamin bergmann
director of photography, alina abouelenin
music by akil dasan, anthony velez & devon wilson
preview from S - The Musical Shuttle
film stills from S - The Musical Shuttle