Lower East Side Movies

  • 2014
    The Cobbler

    The Cobbler

    The Cobbler

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    Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max...

    The Cobbler
  • 2015
    The Wolfpack

    The Wolfpack

    The Wolfpack

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    Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films...

    The Wolfpack
  • 1948
    Big City

    Big City

    Big City

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    A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

    Big City
  • 2001
    Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd

    Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd

    Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd

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    THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of his films as well as outtakes, interviews, and...

    Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
  • 2021
    Moments Like This Never Last

    Moments Like This Never Last

    Moments Like This Never Last

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    Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a...

    Moments Like This Never Last
  • 1972
    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

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    Leon Gast's musical documentary reveals New York City's Latin culture and features live performances of salsa greats The Fania All Stars and The...

    Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
  • 2005
    Methadonia

    Methadonia

    Methadonia

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    Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the inherent flaws of legal methadone treatments for...

    Methadonia
  • 1985
    Story of a Junkie

    Story of a Junkie

    Story of a Junkie

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    Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin...

    Story of a Junkie
  • 2021
    Unprovoked: A Creative Process

    Unprovoked: A Creative Process

    Unprovoked: A Creative Process

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    Artist Taylor Denise sets out to make her first painting, which also happens to be her largest work to-date. As she embarks on this creative process...

    Unprovoked: A Creative Process
  • 1993
    Changing Fashions

    Changing Fashions

    Changing Fashions

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    Anthony Kiedis and Sofia Coppola try to escape the fashion influence of Debbie Harry.

    Changing Fashions
  • 2014
    Looking for Johnny

    Looking for Johnny

    Looking for Johnny

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    Johnny Thunders was the legendary hard-living rock'n'roll guitarist who inspired glam-metal, punk and the music scene in general. 'Looking For...

    Looking for Johnny
  • 1979
    The Deadly Art of Survival

    The Deadly Art of Survival

    The Deadly Art of Survival

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    Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of...

    The Deadly Art of Survival
  • 1989
    How to Squash a Squat

    How to Squash a Squat

    How to Squash a Squat

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    1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop...

    How to Squash a Squat
  • 1970
    Right On!

    Right On!

    Right On!

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    Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...

    Right On!
  • 1994
    Rhythm Thief

    Rhythm Thief

    Rhythm Thief

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    Simon is a street retailer, his shop a corner on the lower east side in New York, his stock bootleg cassette tapes, the ambience provided via...

    Rhythm Thief
  • 1986
    No Picnic

    No Picnic

    No Picnic

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    A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City

    No Picnic
  • 2022
    Taste of the Tenement

    Taste of the Tenement

    Taste of the Tenement

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    There’s no one taste or flavor to define a neighborhood, especially one like the Lower East Side. Follow us on a culinary journey of food...

    Taste of the Tenement
  • 1986
    Go to Hell

    Go to Hell

    Go to Hell

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    A junkie wakes up on the streets and walks around, seeing a woman dressed in all white and a heroin addict shooting up.

    Go to Hell
  • 1903
    A Catastrophe in Hester Street

    A Catastrophe in Hester Street

    A Catastrophe in Hester Street

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    Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro...

    A Catastrophe in Hester Street