Documentaries
Frederick Wiseman’s In Jackson Heights
In Jackson Heights is a 2015 documentary film about the communities of Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City directed by Frederick Wiseman. The film received widespread critical acclaim. In...
Documentaries
Just to Get a Rep by Peter Gerard
Just to Get a Rep is a documentary film directed by Peter Gerard. The film covers the history of graffiti art and its relationship with...
Documentaries
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and...
Documentaries
80 Blocks From Tiffany’s
The history of cinema includes countless films that have remained, for a variety of reasons, in total obscurity. Sadly, many of the films that...
Documentaries
Dark Days; living beneath Manhattan (video)
Dark Days is a documentary made by Marc Singer, a British filmmaker. The film follows a group of people living in an abandoned section of...
Documentaries
Where There’s Smoke
On January 23, 2005, six firefighters became trapped in a tenement in the Bronx, and were forced to jump out of fourth-story windows falling...
Documentaries
New York: A Documentary Film: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)
New York: A Documentary Film is an eight-part, 17½ hour, American documentary film on the history of New York City. It was directed by...
Documentaries
New York: A Documentary Film – Episode Two: Order And Disorder
New York: A Documentary Film is an eight-part, 17½ hour, American documentary film on the history of New York City. It was directed by...
Documentaries
New York: A Documentary Film – Episode One: The Country and The City (1609-1825)
New York: A Documentary Film is an eight-part, 17½ hour, American documentary film on the history of New York City. It was directed by...
Documentaries
The Cruise (1998)
Affectionate portrait of Tim "Speed" Levitch, a tour guide for Manhattan's Gray Line double-decker buses. He talks fast, is in love with the city,...
Documentaries
News From Home (1977)
News from Home is a 1977 avant-garde documentary film directed by Chantal Akerman. The film consists of long takes of locations in New York City, set to Akerman's voice-over as she reads letters her...