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Messenger
Gary Beeber 2006
Categories: Documentary, Shorts
Run time: 26 min. | Language: English
Take a ride with Kamikaze, New York City’s most legendary bike messenger and world class character. Be part of the action and learn the street wisdom he’s gleaned about work, women and the meaning of life from his 25 years on NYC's streets.

He’s seen it all including 911. The film, which was shot in various locations throughout New York City shows Kami, who recently turned 50 on his daily rounds making deliveries, and philosophizing about life as a messenger and many other New York City-related subjects.

There are interviews with people who know him well, such as Bob Tucker the dispatcher (and former employer) who gave him the name Kamikaze, and his coach Jeff Eisenberg. Kami, who lives for baseball and claims to have put a curse on the Yankees, plays right field on the amateur circuit for The Brooklyn Dodgers Amateur Baseball Club. There are also interviews with others who earn a living from working the streets of Manhattan. We find that most New Yorkers have strong opinions about bike messengers.

The film shows the hardcore side of Kami, riding like a bat out of hell up 6th Avenue, as well as a kinder more gentle Kamikaze at home. He puts Martha Stewart to shame as he gives us a private tour of what he likes best in his refrigerator, and we become aquainted with his dog Dukie. At the end of the film, Kami let’s us all in on the meaning of life.
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User Thumbnail "Gary Beeber's documentary "Messenger" captures the spirit of New York from a 25 year perspective as we follow legendary bike messenger Kamikaze through Manhattan's mean streets. Part rebel, part philosopher, part missionary, our hero never lets anyone or anything thwart his mission to deliver." "Beeber's montage sequences are striking and potent, his editing devices compelling and precise." -Marion Wolberg Weiss, Dan's Papers 9-31-07
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