Bronxites create and star in short fi lm ‘Da Bronx Tale’
BY ROBERT WIRSING
A Bronx-based short fi lm
made by and starring Bronxites
has quite a tale to tell.
Longwood documentarian
Everette Hamlette, Stylish Ev
Productions founder and CEO,
said that his friend Steven Pellecier,
who portrays the fi lm’s
lead character Rico, inspired
them to create a contemporary
urban take on the classic 1993
crime/drama ‘A Bronx Tale,’
directed by Robert De Niro.
‘Da Bronx Tale,’ directed
by Michael Thrower, chronicles
Rico’s journey into manhood
on the streets of the Boogie
Down Bronx set to the
backdrop of the socially turbulent
year of 2019.
Thrower, a Morrisania resident,
is also the founder of
his company, Sir Tree Productions.
With the exception of New
Jersey actress Courtney Silveira
Freeman, Da Bronx
Tale’s entire cast is from the
borough.
They include Steven Pellecier
originally from Longwood
now residing in Pelham
Parkway, Andres Castro from
Marble Hill, Sherlene Campos
from Morrisania, Jakub
The crew fi lms a scene in Longwood featuring actors Pellecier (c) and Castro (r).
Photo courtesy of Everette Hamlette
Rodriguez from Highbridge,
Lyniese Pellecier from Bedford
Park and Evelyn Santana
from Pelham Parkway.
In the fi lm, Rico is mentored
by Mike, portrayed by
Rodriguez, in the ways of being
a gentleman which confl
icts with his hood lifestyle
friend Ghost, played by Castro.
When Rico falls for a young
African American lady named
Myesah, portrayed by Pellecier’s
wife Lyniese, the repercussions
threaten to destroy
his reputation.
The fi lm’s soundtrack features
music composed by local
artists 1stBORN Sheldon
Smalls, Mowix, DJ Shortwiz,
Ghost.Writer and Xiolynn.
Da Bronx Tale was fi lmed
in 12 hours on Saturday,
March 23 starting at 7 a.m.
The fast paced project was
shot on location at Longwood
and Longfellow avenues and
in front of the Pelham Parkway
Houses.
“The actors were freezing
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and they had just learned
their lines that same morning,
but you wouldn’t realize that
from watching their performances,”
Thrower explained.
Hamlette created an extensively
detailed shot list to help
them match the classic fi lm’s
scenes and tone.
Hamlette and Thrower
watched A Bronx Tale and
their remake side-by-side
to make sure the two fi lms
synced perfectly.
The nearly 12 minute fi lm
was edited on Thursday,
March 28 and was screened
before 30 people on Friday,
March 29.
Da Bronx Tale was offi -
cially released on YouTube on
Monday, April 1 and currently
has 481 views.
“I felt like Denzel or Leonardo
being a part of this
movie,” expressed Steven Pellecier.
Da Bronx Tale marks the
former stage actor’s fi rst on
camera performance.
Pellecier expressed interest
in continuing his fi lm career.
Founded in 2018, Stylish Ev
Productions has collaborated
with several big name companies
including The David
Rockefeller Fund, Coca-Cola,
Nike, New Yorkers for Parks,
Black Comic Con, New York
Restoration Project and The
Apollo Theater.
The company also fi lmed
the documentary, ‘75 Park: 1
of the 35,’ which examines the
importance the park has had
on the Longwood community
over generations.
To view Da Bronx Tale,
visit www.youtube.com/
watch?v=w6Qfpy7IqPM&t=.
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