Empire City
The City That Never Sleeps
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
Genre: History, Documentary, Biography
Actor: Donald Trump, Ed Koch, Jane Jacobs, Elia Kazan, Norman Mailer, Arthur Miller, Jason Robards, Brooke Astor, Louis Auchincloss, Herman Badillo
Director: Michael Blackwood
Country: United States of America, USA
Produced By: Michael Blackwood Productions
Runtime: 89
Release: 1985
Rating: 9 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 205
Content Rating:G
Quality: DVD
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