Me and Bill

1/20/2010

The other day I was organizing some things in my office, getting ready for Black History Month and came across a bag of old mini dv cassettes. Instantly I remembered hiding them a year a ago in the same place I found them. This find prompted me to recover another mini dv cassette I shoot around the same time ( Dec. 2005) which contained the above video.

On 12/15/2005, me and Mr. Bill Miles (legendary Harlem Filmmaker) attended the unveiling of the brand new Marquee at the Apollo Theater, it was an exciting event that took place outside the theater and attracted a bevy of celebs: Richard Parsons, Mayor Bloomberg and Former Pres. Bill Clinton + many more.

At the time I had no clue that this would be the last time me and my beloved idol would attend such an event in Harlem together. I watched as many of the young media folks, eager to get the perfect shot obstructed Bill’s view as he attempted to take pictures – they had no clue who Bill was and the great contribution he made to popular media. Bill being Bill, remained cool and got the shots the scene would allow – I was displeased, but busy myself with my hand held dv camera.

To my pleasant surprise out of nowhere comes another Bill:
Former Pres. Bill Clinton, and I’m in the perfect position to shot and interview Mr. Clinton. This would be the 3rd time that I’ve been lucky in meeting Bill Clinton and talking with him. I happen to like Bill Clinton, but I love Bill Miles.