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Blank City

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Take a trip back to a time when New York City wasn't all glitz and glamour as filmmaker Celine Danhier offers a look at the birth of "No Wave Cinema" and the vibrant art scene that exploded out of the East Village in the late '70s. In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their...more

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catch it before it slips away by sines
Anyone who's the least bit curious of the NY downtown scenes of independent film, art, no wave & early indie rock and hip-hop should see this rare glimpse...

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