A Letter from Greenpoint 20 years old

In February 2004, after 30 years of my life in SoHo, I made a decision to leave SoHo and move to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This video is about what it feels like to leave a place in which one has spent more time than any other place, and which was also the place of my family life. I am somewhere else now. It’s about beginning of growing roots in a new place, new home, with new friends, new thoughts, experiences. This video is also about video. When in 1949 I began filming with my Bolex, it took me fifteen years to really master it so that my Bolex would do for me what I wanted. When in 1987 I got my first Sony camera I thought it would be different. But no. Only today, after working with the video camera for fifteen years, I feel like it had become an extension of my eye, my body, "A Letter from Greenpoint" being my first real video work.

Credits

A Letter from Greenpoint Cast

Name	Character
Jonas Mekas He was 81, 96 years old when he died	as Mekas
Benn Northover He was 23, now 43 years old	as Benn

A Letter from Greenpoint Crew

Name	Department
Jonas Mekas as Creator. He was 81 (96) years old when He died	Crew
Jonas Mekas as Director. He was 81 (96) years old when He died	Directing
Jonas Mekas as Writer. He was 81 (96) years old when He died	Writing