We are excited to announce the release of our documentary film "Peter Pan Bakery," which explores the personalities inhabiting the counter space at the famous donut shop, where old and new clientele mingle, painting an intimate portrait of the bakery as a unwavering neighborhood institution.
The documentary is one of the first films to be totally shot on the Digital Bolex D16, a re-imagining of a classic camera for the 21st century.
What people are saying about "Peter Pan Bakery:"
"Owner Donna Siafakas
recounts how her Greenpoint bakery has seen the neighborhood evolve from
primarily Polish immigrants to today's influx of "big flocks of
hipsters,"
but the film's main focus is the bakery's regular customers, who gather
for coffee and egg sandwiches at the counter. Go, meet the restaurant's
eclectic group of regulars, who discuss the changing Greenpoint..."
"... the documentary is a quick watch, but it’s able to effectively show everyone who moves through the bakery on a given day, from Greenpoint lifers to newcomers with weird Leonardo DiCaprio-based art projects. Though we’d avoid watching it while hungry, because you’ll only get hungrier seeing all those donuts and egg sandwiches."
"Filmmakers Keif Roberts and Peter J. Haas have done a splendid job at capturing the delightful sense of community that lies at the sugar-dusted heart of Peter Pan."
- Greennpointers.com
"Most of this video will delight you and even the small part that does not (and if you watch it all the way through you'll know exactly what I'm talking about) is so short that it isn't even worth getting upset about. Ya got 8 minutes? Ya got time to watch this."
"60-yr old Peter Pan Donuts in Brooklyn still does donuts & egg sandwiches right [as seen] in this short..."
- Breadoholic.com (@Breadaholic)
"Wow, there's a short documentary on Peter Pan Bakery?! #nowiwantdoughnuts"
- Elena (@novelsounds)
"Beat on a drum, and I will come. Ugg-a-wugg! I love this Peter Pan (Bakery) doc..."
- Charlotte Druckman (@cettedrucks), The Skirt Steak Files