Introducing the sweet, soul music of Empire Beats. I produced, shot and edited this short film, hope you like it 🙂
Author Archives: Neville Elder
Postmark Cafe
Last year Brooklyn’s Postmark Cafe raised $15k for charity and nobody noticed them doing it. Here’s my short film about the Park Slope coffee shop.
Chino and I
I saw her snuggled between a sleek black Schwin and an angular, haughty red Raleigh, with a wicker basket—like models backstage at Fashion Week.
Being Near The End
There’s still an unconscious counter in my head that resets to 36 and counts down every time I shoot a new roll of film. When I have a camera up in front of my face, the world is contained in a tiny rectangle; my perception of depth is altered—one eye is closed—and my concerns are on focus, exposure and composition.
Quaaludes: The forgotten victory in the War on Drugs

Yesterday’s resignation of the Head of the Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA), Michele Leonhart, amid sex scandals and bitter conflicts with Obama’s White House, comes at a time when the agency should be looking back at their golden years. Thirty years ago Reagan’s DEA were, for a change, on the winning side in the ‘War onContinue reading “Quaaludes: The forgotten victory in the War on Drugs”
The Guitar Doctor
Ex-Parole Officer Richie Baxt’s guitar repair business has survived the tough streets of New York City for 20 years.