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Documentary films about New York City
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The list Documentary films about New York City includes
Gay Sex in the 70s, Man on Wire, Mad Hot Ballroom, Paris Is Burning and Chelsea on the Rocks.
The list consists of 126 members
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Gay Sex in the 70s
2005 American film
Overview: Gay Sex in the 70s is a 2005 American documentary film about gay sexual culture in New York City in the 1970s. The film was directed by Joseph Lovett and encompasses the twelve years of sexual freedom ...Release date: 26 April 2005Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Joseph F. LovettProducer: M. Sean Kaminsky, Joseph F. Lovett
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Man on Wire
2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh
Overview: Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's ...
Release date: 22 January 2008Genre: Documentary, Crime, Biography, HistoryDirector: James MarshCast: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan WelnerProducer: Simon Chinn, Liz FayWriter: Philippe PetitA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in ... 0
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American Swing
2008 American film
Overview: American Swing is an American 2008 documentary about the 1970s phenomenon of swinging at Plato's Retreat in New York City directed by Matthew Kaufman.Release date: 5 September 2008Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Jon Hart, Matthew KaufmanProducer: Jon Hart, Christian Hoagland 0
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Mad Hot Ballroom
2005 documentary film
Overview: Mad Hot Ballroom is a 2005 American documentary film directed and co-produced by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Department ...Release date: 10 April 2005Genre: Documentary, Family, MusicDirector: Marilyn AgreloCast: Heather Berman, Emma Therese Biegacki, Paul Daggett, Graciela Daniele, Pierre Dulaine, Tara Devon GallagherProducer: Amy Sewell, Marilyn AgreloThe students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition. 0
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Paris Is Burning
1990 film by Jennie Livingston
Overview: Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay ...
Release date: 13 September 1990Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Jennie LivingstonCast: Carmen and Brooke, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée, Pepper LaBeija, Junior LabeijaProducer: Richard Dooley, Nigel FinchA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality ... 0
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Chelsea on the Rocks
2008 American film
Overview: Chelsea on the Rocks is a documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara about the Hotel Chelsea. The film features Ferrara interviewing people who have and had lived at the hotel, intercut with dramatized ...Release date: 23 May 2008Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Abel FerraraCast: William S. Burroughs, Sherry Cosovic, Quentin Crisp, Walter Cronkite, Giancarlo Esposito, Abel FerraraProducer: Abel Ferrara, David Linter 0
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Overview: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos is a 2006 documentary film about the New York Cosmos, one of the most famous soccer clubs in the history of the United States.Release date: 18 May 2006Genre: Documentary, SportDirector: Paul Crowder, John DowerProducer: John Dower, Mark MonroeThe rise and fall of the N.Y. Cosmos. The soccer team that brought Pele to America; against the backdrop of N.Y. City in the 70's. 0
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Fetishes
1996 film
Overview: Fetishes is a 1996 documentary by Nick Broomfield filmed at Pandora's Box, one of New York City's most luxurious SM/fetish parlours. The film contains interviews with professional dominatrices and their ...Release date: 12 September 1996Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Nick BroomfieldCast: Nick Broomfield, Elissa WaldProducer: Nick Broomfield, S.J. Bloom 0
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New York: A Documentary Film
American TV series or program
Overview: 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 Ric Burns and originally aired in the U.S. on PBS. The film was a ...Release date: 14 November 1999Genre: History, DocumentaryDirector: Ric BurnsCast: Louis Armstrong, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Abraham Beame, Irving Berlin, Winston Churchill, Duke EllingtonProducer: Helen Kaplan, Donald RosenfeldRic Burns (brother of the famed documentarian Ken Burns) presents an exhaustive history of New York... 0
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Mondo New York
1988 American film
Overview: Mondo New York is a 1988 Mondo film directed by Harvey Nikolai Keith. The documentary film was inspired by the 1963 movie Mondo Cane.Release date: 22 April 1988Director: Harvey KeithProducer: Harvey Keith, David SilverA young woman wanders around New York City and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings... 0
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 documentary film by Questlove
Overview: Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 American independent documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his ...Release date: 2 July 2021Director: QuestloveProducer: Jody Allen, Cora AtkinsonDocumentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity. 0
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Studio 54
2018 documentary by Matt Tyrnauer
Overview: Studio 54 is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Matt Tyrnauer, examining the meteoric history of the Studio 54 nightclub, an extravagant disco venue infamous for hedonistic excess. Those res ...Director: Matt TyrnauerProducer: John Battsek, Troy BenjaminThe story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub. 0
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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017 documentary film
Overview: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a 2017 American documentary film directed by David France. It chronicles Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, prominent figures in gay liberation and transgender ...
Genre: DocumentaryDirector: David FranceProducer: Mark Blane, Ben CotnerWriter: David France, Mark BlaneVictoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with ... 0
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The Central Park Five
2012 documentary film directed by Ken Burns
Overview: The Central Park Five is a 2012 documentary film about the Central Park jogger case, directed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. It covers the ...Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Ken Burns, Sarah BurnsCast: Angela Black, Calvin O. Butts III, Natalie Byfield, David Dinkins, Jim Dwyer (journalist), Ronald GoldProducer: Ken Burns, Sarah BurnsA documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent ... 0
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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
2013 American film
Overview: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's is a 2013 American documentary feature directed by Matthew Miele about the New York City luxury goods department store Bergdorf Goodman. The film's title is lifted from the ...Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Matthew MieleProducer: Matthew Miele, Mallory AndrewsA documentary on the Manhattan department store with interviews from an array of fashion designers, style icons, and celebrities. 0
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The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
2008 American film
Overview: The Betrayal — Nerakhoon is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath.Release date: 21 January 2008Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk PhrasavathCast: Thavisouk PhrasavathProducer: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath 0
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Our Latin Thing
1972 documentary film directed by Leon Gast
Overview: Our Latin Thing (Spanish: Nuestra Cosa Latina) was a 1972 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the burgeoning Latin music scene in New York City. It focused on a concert put together by the ma ...Genre: Documentary, MusicDirector: Leon GastProducer: Larry Harlow, Jerry MasucciWriter: Izzy SanabriaChronicle of the birth of Salsa at a concert August 26, 1971 at The Cheetah Club in Midtown Manhattan... 0
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Tragedy: The Story of Queensbridge
2005 film directed by Booker Sim
Overview: Tragedy: The Story of Queensbridge is a 2005 documentary film directed by Booker Sim for Juju Films. The film documents the streets of the Queensbridge Housing Projects of New York City, following the ...Release date: 23 January 2005Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Booker SimProducer: Booker Sim, Malcolm HearnAn in-depth look at the life of the hip-hop MC known as Tragedy Khadafi, aka Intelligent Hoodlum, who hails from the Queensbridge housing project in New ... 0
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Toots
2006 American film
Overview: Toots is a documentary film which outlines the life of Toots Shor (1903–1977), Manhattan's premier saloonkeeper from the year 1940 to the year 1959. At 18, he relocated from South Philadelphia to New York ...Release date: 27 April 2006Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Kristi JacobsonProducer: Andrea Blau, Tom Brokaw 0
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Kill Your Idols
2006 American film
Overview: Kill Your Idols is a documentary film about three decades of art punk bands in New York City, directed and produced by Scott Crary and executive produced by Dan Braun and Josh Braun. The film debuted ...Release date: 4 May 2004Genre: Documentary, MusicDirector: Scott CraryProducer: Dan Braun, Josh BraunA documentary on thirty years of alternative NYC rock 'n roll. 0
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