Beautifully restored for the 30th anniversary premiere at the new york film festival, this documentary is an. A documentary on the inhabitants of south williamsburg, new york, whose lives are explored through the testimony of five inhabitants of the poor hispanic neighborhood in brooklyn. Diego echeverria chronicles latino lives in pregentrified williamsburg. Apr 15, 2016 opening today at new york citys metrograph. In fact, it had been called the worst ghetto in america. With the latest camera equipment used by wellknown filmmakers working for famous production studios. In 1964 a group of 7yearold children were interviewed for the groundbreaking documentary seven up. Go behind the scenes at japans yoshida brewery, where a brotherhood of artisans, ranging from 20 to 70, spend six months in nearly monastic isolation as they follow an ageold process to create. We call it an expansive documentary in four different parts that are also growing, explained director christopher allen, founder of uniondocs, a documentary filmmakers collective which set up shop in the.
Diego echeverrias film skillfully represents the challenges residents of the southside faced. Still, amidst the urban blight, echeverria finds a thriving street culture in which music, breakdancing, and graffiti abound. Poverty, drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension. Now, over thirty years later, the neighborhood has changed almost beyond recognition. An interactive story about marta, one of the primary voices from the film, as she contemplates leaving the neighborhood. The stories of these residents reflect the changes of the neighborhood over decades and the fading of the name and identity. Diego echeverria, chronicling latino lives in pregentrified williamsburg. The culture of the puerto rican and dominican population is. Filmed with verite intimacy for nearly a decade, quest is the moving portrait of a family from north philadelphia. Synopsis few films document new york history from a latino perspective as. This multipronged project restores a lost film, remixes local histories, creates public art, and shares realities of the southside today.
Postscreening discussion with former commissioner of the new york city mayors office of media and entertainment cynthia lopez. Echeverrias doc will be screened at the metrograph in new york from april 15 21. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Additional capacitysince my original email, due to popular demand, the theater has moved the movie into a larger auditorium.
You will see fascinating shots from the deep seas and up in the air, capturing great stories and pictures from everything our beautiful and interesting. Theres now plastic taped over a hole above his toilet. Michael apted has been back to film them every seven years since. Beginning during the obama presidency, christopher quest rainey and his wife. The neighborhood was dirty, drugs, burned cars, gangs, building a banded, lots of prostitution and pollution. Its set in williamsburg, brooklyn, with dialogue on the. The film was thought to be lost, but was rediscovered in the late 00s and. Together, we share the story of one of the strongest barrios in brooklyn. To register for this documentary screening please link to. Uniondocs, a center for documentary art has also been hanging out on the southside for many years. Southside united hdfclos sures, 434 s 5th st, brooklyn. Diego echeverrias film skillfully represents the challenges of its time.
Find out what williamsburg was all about before the. There are other signs of those times, too, like graffiti, boardedup. Poverty, drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, singleparent homes, and inadequate local resources are the backbone of a complex portrait that also celebrates the vitality of this largely puerto rican and dominican community, showing the strength of. A few years later, it was one of the first groups to undertake largescale rehabilitation. We call it an expansive documentary in four different parts that are also growing, explained director christopher allen, founder of uniondocs, a documentary filmmakers. Southside united hdfclos sures, 434 s 5th st, brooklyn, ny. Free documentary is dedicated to bring highclass documentaries to you on youtube for free.
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