Hello, Brooklyn.

Despite a number of political and economic challenges, New York City remains at the heart of American cinema.

Among all U.S. workers employed in the motion picture and sound recording industry, one in ten calls New York home, which is just second to L.A. County.

In 2008, there were more than 27,000 shooting days in New York City, up from 15,000 in 1993, according to the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting.

Manhattan, of course, serves as the nucleus of the city's film industry.

But what about Brooklyn?

A simple search on IMDB found that there have been at least 1,554 movies and television episodes filmed--at least partially--in Brooklyn.

There's the obvious: Saturday Night Fever, the Cosby Show and Do the Right Thing.

Meanwhile, there's the not-so-obvious:

· Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade (4 episodes in 1900);
· Debbie Does Dallas (1978);
· Ben Hur (the 1907 silent film);
· Peter Pan (a television version produced in 1960); and
· Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie's 2009 production, starring Robert Downey Jr.)

And our Eaters is one of the more recent additions to the Brooklyn canon, with scenes filmed in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bed-Stuy.

But in the end, we're still New Yorkers. So, join us at Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan on August 4 for a screening of "Eat Me!" at the NewFilmmakers Summer Series.