
Synopsis: After seven of their drivers died from COVID-19, a car service in Queens, NY started hosting a community fridge on the sidewalk outside their offices. A small business started by immigrants, Fenix XL now serves a largely immigrant community with 24hr access to free food. Fanny, who lost her cleaning job when schools were closed, now relies on this fridge to survive. The first community fridge in NYC started outside a Bed Stuy apartment in February 2020; there are now over 100 across the city, inspiring a movement around the world.
Director's Bio: Gareth Smit was born in 1990 in Heidelberg, South Africa. In 2014 he moved to New York to attend the International Center of Photography. He worked primarily as a photographer on long form documentary projects published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker and exhibited at The Alice Austen House Museum and The Tucson Museum of Art. In 2017 his interests shifted to cinematography. He camera operated on CRIME + PUNISHMENT, Stephen Maing’s 2018 documentary that received a Jury’s Award at Sundance. GIVE AND TAKE is his first film as director/dp. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
- Year2021
- Runtime11:29
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereHudson Valley Premiere
- DirectorGareth Smit
- ProducerJustin Levy
- CastFanny Maria Esparza, Beatriz Perez, Antonio Vaca, Thadeaus Umpster, K, Robyn Rubenstein, Bija Roman
- CinematographerGareth Smit
- EditorGareth Smit
- ComposerAndrew Orkin
Synopsis: After seven of their drivers died from COVID-19, a car service in Queens, NY started hosting a community fridge on the sidewalk outside their offices. A small business started by immigrants, Fenix XL now serves a largely immigrant community with 24hr access to free food. Fanny, who lost her cleaning job when schools were closed, now relies on this fridge to survive. The first community fridge in NYC started outside a Bed Stuy apartment in February 2020; there are now over 100 across the city, inspiring a movement around the world.
Director's Bio: Gareth Smit was born in 1990 in Heidelberg, South Africa. In 2014 he moved to New York to attend the International Center of Photography. He worked primarily as a photographer on long form documentary projects published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker and exhibited at The Alice Austen House Museum and The Tucson Museum of Art. In 2017 his interests shifted to cinematography. He camera operated on CRIME + PUNISHMENT, Stephen Maing’s 2018 documentary that received a Jury’s Award at Sundance. GIVE AND TAKE is his first film as director/dp. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
- Year2021
- Runtime11:29
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereHudson Valley Premiere
- DirectorGareth Smit
- ProducerJustin Levy
- CastFanny Maria Esparza, Beatriz Perez, Antonio Vaca, Thadeaus Umpster, K, Robyn Rubenstein, Bija Roman
- CinematographerGareth Smit
- EditorGareth Smit
- ComposerAndrew Orkin