Review Fix Exclusive Queens World Film Festival Coverage: David Sigal Talks ‘Saving Jamaica Bay’

March 17, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Film 0

Review Fix chats with “Saving Jamaica Bay” Director David Sigal, who discusses the film and what makes it a special one.

Review Fix: What inspired this film?

David Sigal: This film was inspired by the fact that we have this amazing body of water and park right here in the middle of New York City and most people don’t really know about Jamaica Bay.  The Bay is beautiful and its story hasn’t been told.  We wanted to attempt to tell the story of Jamaica Bay

Review Fix: What do you want people to take away from it?

Sigal: We would love for people to be inspired by the stories of Jamaica Bay.  Look at how much Don Riepe, the Mundys and Barbara Brown have accomplished.  These are people that care deeply about their neighborhoods, have fought and accomplished something.  They have all made Jamaica Bay a better place.

Review Fix: What have you learned about yourself through this film?

Sigal: Before we started making this film I didn’t really know about Jamaica Bay. You can see birds, see wildlife, take a boat ride all via subway from Manhattan.

Review Fix: How does it feel to be a part of the Queens World Film Festival?

Sigal: It means so much for us to have our first public screenings at the Queens World Film Festival.  We made this movie in Queens and now we have an opportunity to show it in Queens.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Sigal: Saving Jamaica Bay premieres this Thursday at the Queens World Film Festival then starts the festival circuit.  It is going to Washington, DC, Palm Beach and other film festivals.  We would love for it to wind up on television so everyone can learn about Jamaica Bay.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Sigal: While we were in the middle of filming, Hurricane Sandy came to New York.  I think it is one of the strongest moments in the film.  Since we didn’t want to put our crew in danger, we relied on locals who didn’t evacuate to provide us with footage.  We are especially grateful to Richard York and Brianna Mundy for providing us with their powerful footage of the storm.  It’s devastating to see what a storm can do and only reminds us how important it is to keep Jamaica Bay healthy as a buffer for the city.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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