I wanted to incorporate the city and its inhabitants into my filmmaking.

April 30, 2014 5:40 PM

No Your City In a city of over 8 million people, it is impossible to walk the streets without running into interesting New Yorkers with unique relationships to the city. Whether it is Don Ward, the best shoe-shiner in Manhattan or Te'Devan the 6'7" Nomadic-Jewish-Healing-Freestyler. Everyone has a story that is worth hearing, but unfortunately most of them go unheard. New York City is the busiest place on earth and it is rare for someone to take a few minutes out of their schedule to stop and chat with a fellow New Yorker. No Your City is an 8-part documentary series that offers a glimpse into the lives of these extraordinary New York City inhabitants.

'No Your City' Creator Talks About Filming Unique New Yorkers

posted by davidstandaford (9 comments total)

Shouldn't it be "No You're City "?
posted by hwestiii at 5:44 PM on April 30, 2014 [3 favorites]

This post sounds like Naked City: "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 5:46 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

I know some folks who went to Oberlin with that Kalan guy and they've been going on about what an asshole he was even then.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:56 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

Then again, where else is everyone trying SO HARD?
posted by blue t-shirt at 6:05 PM on April 30, 2014 [4 favorites]

I almost love Kalan. He's like the 2010s equivalent of Rik Mayall in The Young Ones.
posted by Countess Elena at 6:18 PM on April 30, 2014

Mod note: please consider engaging with the actual content of the post and not inserting your rant about NY which may or may not be appropriate
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:21 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

It is a tribute to New York's version of civilization that Kalan is still alive.
posted by islander at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2014 [3 favorites]

Anybody know who did the music on that trailer?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2014

Ah, I see now, there are credits on that YT page: Music by Falside.

I'd like to offer one bit of friendly advice to Kalan: you should stop drinking the remains of thrown-away soft drinks and such that you fish outta the garbage. You could really fuck yourself up like that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]