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Postscreening discussion with former commissioner of the new york city mayors office of media and entertainment cynthia lopez. We call it an expansive documentary in four different parts that are also growing, explained director christopher allen, founder of uniondocs, a documentary filmmakers. Apr 15, 2016 opening today at new york citys metrograph. The culture of the puerto rican and dominican population is. Diego echeverria, chronicling latino lives in pregentrified williamsburg. Southside united hdfclos sures, brooklyn, new york. Southside united hdfclos sures, 434 s 5th st, brooklyn. With the latest camera equipment used by wellknown filmmakers working for famous production studios.

Still, amidst the urban blight, echeverria finds a thriving street culture in which music, breakdancing, and graffiti abound. Diego echeverrias film skillfully represents the challenges residents of the southside faced. Together, we share the story of one of the strongest barrios in brooklyn. Its set in williamsburg, brooklyn, with dialogue on the. Diego echeverrias film skillfully represents the challenges of its time. The neighborhood was dirty, drugs, burned cars, gangs, building a banded, lots of prostitution and pollution. 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. The stories of these residents reflect the changes of the neighborhood over decades and the fading of the name and identity. Uniondocs, a center for documentary art has also been hanging out on the southside for many years. Diego echeverria chronicles latino lives in pregentrified williamsburg. Synopsis few films document new york history from a latino perspective as. Poverty, drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension. 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. Additional capacitysince my original email, due to popular demand, the theater has moved the movie into a larger auditorium.

Theres now plastic taped over a hole above his toilet. Southside united hdfclos sures, 434 s 5th st, brooklyn, ny. This multipronged project restores a lost film, remixes local histories, creates public art, and shares realities of the southside today. 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. Beautifully restored for the 30th anniversary premiere at the new york film festival, this documentary is an. An interactive story about marta, one of the primary voices from the film, as she contemplates leaving the neighborhood. Find out what williamsburg was all about before the. In 1964 a group of 7yearold children were interviewed for the groundbreaking documentary seven up.

There are other signs of those times, too, like graffiti, boardedup. Filmed with verite intimacy for nearly a decade, quest is the moving portrait of a family from north philadelphia. Now, over thirty years later, the neighborhood has changed almost beyond recognition. 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. The film was thought to be lost, but was rediscovered in the late 00s and. Echeverrias doc will be screened at the metrograph in new york from april 15 21. Beginning during the obama presidency, christopher quest rainey and his wife. To register for this documentary screening please link to. Free documentary is dedicated to bring highclass documentaries to you on youtube for free. 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.