From the streets of Harlem to the woods of Camp Keowa...
Be prepared to be amazed as Scout Troop 759 heads from the streets of Harlem to the woods of Camp Keowa. Eleven year old new scout Keith Dozier spends his first week at camp facing the challenges of the woods - the dock test in the deep dark lake, creepy creatures of the night, the daunting climbing tower, the raucous dining hall and the seductive Siberian sirens in the kitchen. With help from his fellow scouts K.C., Devon and Manny and wise Scoutmaster Sowah, young Keith faces the challenges and earns his place as a Scout.
759: Boy Scouts of Harlem is a warm, tender, funny upbeat documentary about Scouting in an unexpected place. The film will be available on home video shortly. To set up a screening for your community, Council or Troop please contact us :
Phone: 917-355-9895
email: justin (at) harlemscouts.com or at jake(at)boritt.com
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Meet the FilmMakers
Jake Boritt - Director/Cinematographer
759: Boy Scouts of Harlem is Jake's second feature documentary. His first, Budapest to Gettysburg was selected for the 2007 IFP Independent Film Week in New York and screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival. He recently completed Cooking to Live, for the U.N. and Project Gaia filmed in Ethiopia's Ogaden Desert. Jake was Associate Producer on Rory Kennedy's Moxie-Firecracker production The Homestead Strike, part of the Emmy winning History Channel series 10 Days That Changed America. Jake worked with Sarah Teale on productions for HBO, A&E, AMC and CourtTV and on David Grubin's Young Doctor Freud and Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm (PBS). Ken Burns called Boritt's documentary Adams County USA (WITF) “a really good film.” Learn more at: www.boritt.com.
Justin Szlasa - Director/Producer/Editor
759: Boy Scouts of Harlem is Justin's first film. Like his brother and his father, Justin is an Eagle Scout. He was a member of Troop 42 in Big Flats, New York and went to Camp Barton and Camp Seneca on the Finger Lakes. Justin failed his first dock test. Before starting 759 Justin and his wife spent sixteen months backpacking through twenty-one countries. Previously he sold software to lawyers. He received a bachelor's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a master's degree in international economic policy from Columbia and has studied film at New York University, German at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, improv at the Upright Citizen's Brigade in Chelsea and Photoshop at DCTV. Nothing makes Justin happier than spending time with his wife and daughter. Learn more at: HarlemScouts.com
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