SATURDAY IN THE PARK | Narrator Steve Buscemi guides us through Brooklyn, New York's Prospect Park

In the heart of the city stands a forest, a jewel of green in a sea of concrete. That jewel is Brooklyn, New York’s Prospect Park. In the REI Co-op Studios film, "Saturday in the Park," film narrator Steve Buscemi guides us on a walk through the park where we meet birdwatchers, ecologists, dancers, musicians, volunteers, and so many others who treasure the park.

CREDITS

Directed by Tara Kutz, Irene Kim Chin Vincent, and Kurt Vincent
Produced by Paola Piers-Torres
Executive Producer: Wren Arthur, Steve Buscemi, Paolo Mottola, Joe Crosby, Hanna Boyd
Cinematography by Christine Ng and Uwa Iduozee
Music by Anthony Ferraro

Assistant Camera: Sam Schnorr, Forest Erwin, Ambrus Hernádi
G & E: Maliyamungu Muhande
Sound Recording: Taylor Bradshaw, Devin Campbell, Jesse Stormo, Ben Nimkin
Production Assistant: Ana Rosa Marx, Dre Massaad, X Arriaga Cuellar, Rraine Hanson, Alex Rapine, Kyle Macero
Illustrations: Katy Christianson
Animations: William Hyler
Color: Daeshan Buseck
Supervising Sound Editor: Brian Crimmins
Music Supervision: Little Ears
Music Supervisor: Maxwell Gosling
Music Coordinator: Blaire Brinster
Steve’s narration recorded by Tom Efinger at Red Hook Post
Titles by FEEL
Prospect Park Bird footage by Heidi Cleven

In order of appearance:
Steve Buscemi (Narrator)
John Dean
Lila Theodore
Margaret Ring
Elias Markee
Ben Abramovitz
Marty Woess
Josh Baptiste
Taka Yamamura
Tom Stephenson
Jeremy Nadel
Brenda Lin
Francesca Tse
Kate Abrams
Howard Goldstein
Brian Sullivan
Kathleen Ehrenberg
Kevin Johnson
Katherine Quituisaca
Christina Lojano
Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas (which includes Wayne Tucker, Miles Tucker, David Linard, Tamir Shmerling, and Diego Joaquin Ramírez)
Synead Cidney Nichols

Special Thanks:
Prospect Park Alliance
Tupper Thomas
Deborah Kirschner
Laura Coxson
Brooklyn Bird Club
Brian Newman
Pete Sillen
Brendan Doyle
Little Moving Pictures
Gil Talmi
Chris Higgins
Josh Tsui
Center for Brooklyn History
Brooklyn Public Library
David Kurlander
Mujumdars
Jeremy Workman
The Redford Center
Anna Mills
Kamala Sankaram
Creative Time

[thelibrary]

That young Birder crew were great and their dialog will certainly hold me over until the next Wes Anderson movie comes out

[boatofcar]

Just lovely. It’s so refreshing to watch something that isn’t trying to be clever, funny, snarky, or sarcastic.

[arlenesolis]

The parks of New York City are the best escape from the craziness and what keeps us together. It is our Narnia

[rapacious_rapscallion]

“It’s not where you live, it’s how you live” ❤ 💯

[Mmxxaamm]

This was a gorgeous production! Please don't stop working on films like this, they're very much appreciated 🙌

[hannahcollins]

Marty seems like such a sweet soul 💖 what a wonderful caretaker

[melathagos]

I love this park so much and it means so much to me <3 the mornings birding, walks with friends, turtles in the water, chats by the boathouse, and picnics in the fields!!!

[seenew]

beautifully shot, what a wonderful video.

[Land-hj]

This is a wonderful video, REI. From the narration, cinematography, music score, the whole thing captured me in ways that few videos of it's length do. This deserves more views and recognition, and I hope its lack of does not discourage the creators or any future similar projects. I will watch every single one

[kaikatxi]

Probably one of my favorite videos now on YouTube... Not even a New Yorker and this soothed and touched my soul in a way I didn't know I needed! I so hope REI considers (as others have said) making this into a series featuring various parks in the U.S. :-)

[oscarvillavicencio]

I came for the Anthony Ferraro original tunes, I stayed for the excellent production. Cheers

[haysfordays]

Beautiful. Music is excellent. Lived on 5th Ave/President for 13 years and had several Buscemi run-ins!!

[Jalict]

Suprised by the view count. This video is phenomenal and I felt so touched by the people, the scenes, animations, music and the spoken words.
It felt very different in terms of story telling on the internet lately - intensely heartfelt and very welcoming! Everyone in the video is just so darn wholesome haha!

[mynameismelbelle]

My baby was born down the street from the park 🥲🥲 Prospect Park is so special

[stylespinny]

what a delightful production!! can't get better than steve and prospect park!

[kathieloumoser]

This is soooo perfect. You caught it. Thank you Steve and everyone.❤

[carolgiangreco]

Great! What a lovely time I had reliving my years of living in Brooklyn and working in Prospect Park. Thanks for this.

[jakewelch.design]

beautifully highlights not just the magic of the park but of NYC. Such an authentic place full of authentic people.

[karabuller]

love how new yorky these comments are. wes anderson, john mulaney, joe i am amongst my peoople.
Oh and the video was just so healing, soothing and necessary for me to watch. thank you to the creators!
I'm in Bushwick, so the park is too far for me to get to. I'm half-kidding.

[KP-jpgv]

Loving this and you got Steve to narrate it!