Seventeen minutes of Brooklyn hipsters drowning in their own irony — and somehow it's art.
Fusing comedic and dramatic elements, "The Pit" is a fun, stylish and entertaining portrayal of early twenty-somethings in Bushwick. Inspired by such films as "Dazed and Confused" and "Masculine Feminine", the film serves both as a snapshot of the current hipster scene in Brooklyn and an exploration of the pitfalls of attempting to integrate oneself in a largely apathetic and hedonistic counter-culture.
Direction
Camacho channels 60s French New Wave with Brooklyn warehouse energy.
Writing
Dialogue that wants to be hated — and earns your respect instead.
Director
Byron Camacho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the peak 'hipster backlash' era of 2012, the film now reads as accidental preservation of a subculture that gentrification itself gentrified.
Bryan Dechart later became famous as Connor in Detroit: Become Human — making this his 'I was a Brooklyn bartender once' origin story.
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