New York filmmaker Mark Cersosimo wandered into a Manhattan vintage shop, complete with brightly lit window displays, only to discover that it wasn't a shop at all — it was a man's home.
"As we began to walk in, a man sitting out front warned us that we were welcome to explore, but nothing inside was for sale. Our interests piqued, we began to browse through the collections the man out front had built throughout his life," Cersosimo wrote.
"This Is My Home" is the short film born out of that misstep. It explores the railroad apartment packed with the collections that comprise a life, and introduces a man who leaves his door open so he can connect with people.
"What is privacy?" the man, identified as Anthony Pisano in a New York Times profile, said. "Privacy prevents me from meeting people."
In 30 years, "not one person has stolen a thing." He estimates that he gives away "10 to 12 trinkets every day."
Watch "This Is My Home" by Departure Arrival Films below.
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