GANGSTER DOCUMENTARY, SHOOTING HENRY HILL, TO BE SCREENED AT NEWFILMMAKERS ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES

 

 

Lincoln, Nebraska; August 1, 2007 -

 

Shooting Henry Hill, produced by Ron and Heather Silver, will be the first film featured at at the NewFilmmakers Anthology Film Archives' Crime Nite on Wednesday, September 5. The film is a documentary that chronicles six months in the life of notorious ex-gangster, Henry Hill.

 

Henry Hill was immortalized by America's definitive mobster movie, Martin Scorcese's 1990 film Goodfellas. After testifying against his associates, Hill entered the Federal Witness Protection Program and lived on the run for 25 years.

 

Shooting Henry Hill exposes the private side of Hill's life after he surfaces in a conservative small town in the middle of the Great Plains. It follows the filmmakers as they become immersed in the chaotic world of Hill's relationships and rivalries, addictions, and legal troubles. The film takes you through the middle of an organized crime investgation involving methamphetamine indictments, allegations of murder, theft of rocket-propelled grenades from a U.S. Army base, and, ultimately, the betrayal of Henry Hill.

 

The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short at the NYIIFVF in Los Angeles in September and Best Social Documentary at the New York event in November. The picture also generated media attention from Howard Stern's radio show, where Hill made several guest appearances. Steve Langford called Shooting Henry Hill "a riveting documentary." Following a Nebraska screening, several area reporters praised the film:

       "Powerful...The true-to-life capstone to a story never finished by Scorcese..."

                                                                                                  - Chris Tiwald, Daily Nebraskan

       "Hill's story is a sad but compelling one."

                                                               - L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal-Star

 

Shooting Henry Hill marks Luke Heppner's directorial debut on a documentary film. The Silvers are currently working with Heppner on their upcoming documentary short, "Grace: The Littlest Animal Rescuer", the story of one 3-year-old's contribution to the animal rescue effort following

Hurricane Katrina.