Black Picket Fence is a portrait of the bleak realities of life in the public housing projects of Brooklyn’s East New York, one of the city’s most dangerous and violent neighborhoods. Culled from two years of filming, the film explores the lives of Tiz Milliner and his best friend Mel, who are ambitious to make it out of the ‘hood by very different means.
Director: Sergio Goes
Producers: Sunnyside Up Productions, 7th Art
Documentary, 90 min.
Black Picket Fence won the Spirit Award at the 2002 Brooklyn International Film Festival and Honorable Mention in the Jury Awards at the 2003 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.