I Am Secretly an Important Man
Peter Sillen, 2011

Catalog No.: FTF-041
Length: 89 minutes

I Am Secretly an Important Man is a portrait of writer and poet Steven J. Bernstein (aka Jesse Bernstein), one of Seattle's most celebrated and troubled voices. His angry, surprisingly fresh and lyrical writings are about sensitive souls, drifters and drug addicts; the people alienated by a society that refuses to understand them. Bernstein peels back the ugliness and the darkness of life on the fringe to expose tender and not so tender human feelings. His unique rhythms, filled with humor and pain, were especially exciting when read in his own gravelly voice. Bernstein was an integral part of the legendary Seattle rock scene of the late 80's and early 90s, and in 1991 was dubbed the "Godfather of Grunge '' by the British magazine The Independent.

Featuring: Jesse Bernstein
Directed  by Peter Sillen
Produced by Alex R. Johnson and Peter Sillen
Executive Produced by Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy 
Photographed by Peter Sillen and Ron Egozi 
Edited by Dave Rivello