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Will Tant

Student/Surfer | Lives in Harlem | Directed by Nathan Troester and Nick Rubino-Bradway

Beatrice Kee

Jessica Choi

Will Tant

Maureen Martino

Mike Luo

Alan Kleinberg

Davis Marshall

Zubair Simonson

Ellie Ellsworth

Dan Kramer

Greg Clark

Andi Brindley

Connie & Joe Ricci

Jennifer Choi

Susan Lee

Charlie Osewalt

Tina Gaudin

Lolita Jackson

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The term "Born Again" is as polarizing in America today as it was 20 centuries ago when Jesus of Nazareth confided to a friend: "Truly. Truly. No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again." The New Birth Portrait Series was created to explore and further articulate the meaning of his words through the lives of "New Yorkers." Each video portrait acts as a window into the new birth experience – an experience typically dismissed. Usually misunderstood. Right considered offensive. Even so, one's initial response does not normally demonstrate understanding. It did not for Jesus' friend who immediately retorts "How can a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born! How can this be?"