In our second film, we meet writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. He talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a movement whose riches are measured in people, not …
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In our inaugural film, we visit the Breuckelen Distilling Company, the first gin distiller in Brooklyn since prohibition. Founder Brad Estabrooke talks about starting from nothing and the imperfect process of perfecting a craft. “It was challenging to get people to take me seriously. ‘Hey, I just got laid-off from my job and I have …
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For some reason I thought that not having a chance to get ahead was a big part of Occupy Wall Street. That the top 1% is running away with money from the bottom 99%. Unfortunately, the unemployment data below confuses that story. It shows a serious education issue and major problems in the African-American community, …
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In honor of Labor Day I visited a favorite government website, the Occupational Outlook Handbook. The handbook covers every career in America and discusses interesting things, like day-in-the-life, growth potential, education needed, salary ranges. For a young whippersnapper it was perfect. I would browse everything from doctor to trash man to college professor. Today, I …