Several kilometers of sand track lead us here for a week of shooting. March 4th, 2007.
Khakhanyar Rahim Ali, Sindh, Pakistan
Several kilometers of sand track lead us here for a week of shooting. March 4th, 2007.
Bodhesar Jain Temple, Nagar Parker, Sindh, Pakistan
Habibila Khan, our best boy, lights a night scene with a homemade reflector and an old school Arri 2.5 Fresnel. March 3rd, 2007.
Arabian Sea, French Beach, Karachi, Pakistan
After being out all night, we watched the sun rise from the rocky shore line, drank one last beer and played Radiohead covers on acoustic guitars. Febuary 16th, 2007.
Maya Dam, Nagar Parker, Sindh, Pakistan
When the military intellegence agency watching us, shut down the production for a few days, we took the oppurtunity to hike into a near by canyon. Febuary 5th, 2007.
On the road from Mithi to Islamkot, Sindh, Pakistan
Shooting a scene on a local bus. March 3rd, 2007.
Gori Temple, Nagar Parker, Sindh, Pakistan
We travelled several kilometers on a dirt track, which lead us to this 900 year old Hindu temple. Made of alabaster and brick, it has stood through wars, earthquakes and abandonment. We staged a dream sequence here, where our intrepid 'Ramchand' searches for his beloved mother, only to meet the wrath of the many bats that hang from the temple's dome... Sofian Khan, our DP, looks out for the frame; Febuary 3rd, 2007.
Ash Cave, Logan, Ohio
Our intrepid team braved the heavy down pour on an expedition leading us to a rare Appalachian sight. January 14th, 2007.
Talking to Minya: A phone call from New York to Boston
Joe: Tell me about getting into hip-hop.
Minya: Getting into it and starting to actually rap and make beats are two different and long stories… In seventh grade, Justin Desmond had given or maybe he had lent this tape of Death Certificate by Ice Cube to this kid Mike Gilbreth. Mike brought this Ice Cube tape over to my house and played it for me. It blew my mind. It was like nothing I had ever heard. At the time even MTV didn’t play a lot of rap Vermont radio certainly didn’t play it. Especially this kind of political, controversial stuff.
So, anyway, he forgot the tape at my house and I ended up with it. Mike ended up moving away. I think I still have that tape somewhere. But I listened to that thing over and over again, after that. It got all worn out from listening to it.
In Seventh grade I knew all the words to,” Wrong Nigga to F**k With.”
Joe: When did you start making beats and raps?
Minya: When we were juniors or seniors we had this band 250 Dead Passengers,
Joe: Wait. That was a punk band of sorts. You played that dance?
Minya: (Laughter) Yeah. It was me, Jason Grey, Justin Desmond and Ethan Clarke on drums. We had only the one gig. The Mount Abe Winter Carnival Dance. But we practiced our asses of for that show! For real, we took it so seriously. For two months, everyday after school, we would meet up, go over to Justin’s dad’s house and practice. We practiced so hard for that, man.
Anyway, one night, as a joke, I rapped “Police Truck” by Dead Kennedys into the mic through my keyboard with this beat going.
Joe: A Dead Kennedys’ song was your first rap? That’s rad!
Minya: Yeah! So, we thought that was funny and kept going with it. It was joke for a while. Justin realized it was pretty fun to play guitar and bass along with the beats. So we goofed off listening to more and more hip-hop. We played along and rapped non-rap songs.
Adam Grey was doing a lot of poetry then, so he started rapping sometimes. Over time, we sort of got good at it, surprisingly. So, we sort of started making our own beats and writing our own rhymes.
The Massive, Bristol, Vermont
On December 26th-30th, 2006, Nine37 Productions will host it's 8th Annual FIVE TOWN MASSIVE!! Featuring: new paintings from ELENA PEABODY, photos by MIKAEL KENNEDY, films by ETHAN CLARKE, GRAHAM HUBER and Rooftop Films and music by THE G13, MINEFIELD and BROWN BIRD!!!!!!!!!
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