Tag Results for "urban"
by Eva Weber
Premiere: December 10, 2008
City of Cranes takes the viewer hundreds of feet above the ground to hear the insights of crane drivers, and see a glimpse of the poetic, mesmerizing world of cranes. (14 minutes)
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by Ariana Gerstein
Premiere: August 21, 2007
In the darkness outside of our cities, there are lights that we have forgotten how to see. Alice laments the loss of her view of the universe, one of her initial reasons for living in the country. The change in her environment is the result of "security lighting" for a large corporate storage facility. (6 minutes)
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by Ricki Stern
Premiere: June 22, 1999
Two teenagers seek refuge and respect in a boxing gym in the South Bronx.
by Lisanne Skyler
Premiere: July 2, 1996
The ABC Loan Co. of South Central Los Angeles, a successful black-owned pawnshop, is a unique entree to inspiring stories of economic and emotional survival.
by Spencer Nakasako, Sokly Don Bonus Ny
Premiere: June 25, 1996
A raw and revealing video diary by a Cambodian-born teenager who now lives in San Francisco's inner city.
by Gary Pollard
Premiere: August 21, 1990
In Going Up, the creation of a skyscraper is transformed by director Gary Pollard into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat banter and construction worker choreography are set to a score by 15 new music composers in an urban ballet forty stories above New York harbor.
by Karen Goodman
Premiere: August 20, 1989
On the streets and subways of New York, 101 itinerant performers whirl firesticks, mimic passers-by, imitate Stevie Wonder, tap dance and perform classical music. Karen Goodman's No Applause, Just Throw Money is a delightful mixture of music and magic moments, celebrating some joyful encounters in New York City streets.
by Christine Noschese
Premiere: August 16, 1988
Metropolitan Avenue is an inspiring contemporary story about women who strive to combine new roles and old values in our rapidly changing society. A group of "traditional" homemakers in a lively Brooklyn neighborhood rise to the challenge to become leaders in the effort to save their community.