This is a History of New York
1988 | 00:22:36 | United States | English | B&W | Stereo | 4:3 | Film
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Architecture, City, Experimental Film, Holiday
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A history of New York City from Prehistoric times through the Space Age, composed entirely from documentary street footage.
"The richness of Cohen's vision is found in his haunting imagery and the perception that the thriving city of New York is really the accumulation of humanity's failures, as well as its triumphs."
-- Steve Seid, Seduced and Abandoned: The Homeless Video by Sachiko Hamada & Scott Sinkler and Jem Cohen (Berkeley: Pacific Film Archive, 1989)
This title is also available on Jem Cohen: Early Works.
Prizes + Awards
"Best of Fest" and Best Experimental Film, Baltimore Film Forum, 1989
First Place in the Experimental Category, 2nd Annual New York Independent Film and Video Exposition, 1988
First Prize, Mediamix 1990 U.S. Super 8mm Festival, Rutgers College, New Jersey
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