After a seemingly endless winter here in New York City, the Tribeca Film Festival has returned for its 7th annual showcase. In the midst of a recession one proven remedy is to gather friends, family or a loved one and forget your sorrows for at least an hour or two. Forged in the depression of the 911 aftermath, The Tribeca film festival has, in a short life, become one of the most prominent festivals in the world and without a doubt experience some growing pains in the past few years. This week I might have to break the piggy bank to scrounge up 8 bucks (or a lot more) to take my lady to a motion picture. With a 120 films to choose from, NyMag helps narrow it down with 9 sure bets and you can be the judge of that. Me personally…I would like to revisit Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey on the big screen.

Let it be known that your resident thieves and clever crack heads are often aware of any film production that is taking up any portion of your town or city and they are watching, waiting to strike. Its not hard to spot a film production, nor is it hard to spot the rental truck loaded with pelican cases carrying precious cargo often guarded by the least paid intern on the set. Do yourself a favor and obtain an policy on your gear today, specially if you have over 5,000 dollars in hardware. Many independents often overlook the importance of obtaining a policy on owned equipment and although I am fully aware you need to save pennies…this is not a corner I would recommend cutting.

I know this cause I was one of those high risk filmmakers and I learned the hard way. Obtaining a policy that is best for you is not that difficult and can be done online in less then half an hour. My associates and I who are investing in RED agreed that we would not take delivery of the RED ONE until it was completely insured.

I was not exactly sure where to look so I turned to the RedUser.net community for recommendations and sure enough generated some solid feedback that ultimately landed me an insurer, thank you RedUsers! Click here to view my “NEED INSURANCE POLICY FOR RED ONE” thread.

April 20th 2008 is the official launch of The Gotham Guerrilla and I would like take this opportunity to welcome aboard two new members of the Gotham Guerrilla staff starting with our new editor and Author Ann Haskell. Ann is a professional writer, has an incredible sense of humor and affection towards furry little dogs.

Next I would like to welcome aboard our resident illustrator John Mitchell. JohnJohn has a background in film and animation and currently makes his bread and butter via threadless, he is the man responsible for the illustration titled “PushIt” pictured above.

We are very excited about what is to follow so look forward to some industry professionals we have lined up to contribute. The ball is rolling here and doors are officially open so I would like to wrap this by welcoming you to the Gotham Guerrilla.

Greetings! Bienvenido! Willkommen! Dobro Pozhalovat’! Beinenu! Yo Koso! You have found the Gotham Guerrilla, you’re on the front lines and behind the scenes. This site is a work in progress so please bear with us while the kinks get ironed out. Bookmark now to stay up to date with my attempt to publish a live production journal and our journeys into RED digital cinema from an independent filmmakers point of view.