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Talking to Papa Wu

Talking to Papa Wu from the Wu Tang Clan

Still shots in Union Square Station

Chatting to some Brooklyn Heavies

A Great Interview

This guy was really interesting and talked a lot of sense (no really!!) If all the people we interview were like him, the message about smoking crack is going to be very strong. When we asked him if he wanted help trying to quit, he said he didn't want to give up yet. He wasn't ready. He needed 18 months before he felt he would be able to kick his habit. It is not going to be easy to find someone that wants to give up and go into rehab.

Post First Shoot

I don't think we could have asked for a better first night of filming. Everything came together like it was meant to happen. We got the most amazing powerful footage that was real, it was on the streets and it tells the story with a punch.

First Shoot

After a couple of days of pre-production in NY, we are going to start filming tonight! We have an awesome team on board, including a sound guy, Mitchell, who is a native New Yorker with loads of experience in film.

Weather forecast is 3-4 inches of snow...

First Few Days

We arrived in New York to very moderate weather thank god... would have been a bit of a shock arriving in 4 feet of snow (but good for filming!!)

Paul and I did our first walkabout on the streets yesterday strolling through from the Lower East Side to 14th Street. Both people we chatted to had first-hand experience with crack.

The first person, Big-Nugz, is an unsigned musician and aspiring actor whose aunt is addicted to crack. We bought his album (kind of R'nB/ hip hop) and got his permission to use some of his music in the film. Good connection!!

The next person we chatted to was a crack addict - although he thinks he has his habit under control... not exactly as you can imagine. He took us up to Harlem where he showed us that Paul's vision is something that will be easy to capture.

Americans are MADE for film.