Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | City
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Other authors / contributors: | Riker, David, 1963-
Mezey, Paul.
Rivera, Anthony.
Rigano, Joseph, 1933-
Maldonado, Miguel.
Independent Television Service.
Echo Lake Productions.
North Star Films.
New Yorker Video (Firm)
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ISBN: | 1567304117 9781567304114
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Notes: | Videodisc release of the 1999 motion picture. Special features: theatrical trailer; scene selections; featurette: The making of a community film. Director of photography, Harlan Bosmajian ; music, Tony Adzi Nikolov. Anthony Rivera, Joe Rigano, Miguel Maldonado, Cipriano Garcia, Leticia Herrera, Jose Rabelo, Stephanie Viruet, Silvia Goiz, Antonio Peralta. Filmed in New York City between 1992 and 1997. Letterboxed. In Spanish and English with optional Spanish or English subtitles.
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Summary: | Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
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Awards: | Selected at Sundance Film Festival, American Spectrum ; South by Southwest Film Festival, Best narrative feature ; Official selection Toronto Film Festival Contemporary World Cinema ; Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Nestor Almendros Prize ; Open Palm Award Independent Feature Project Gotham Awards ; International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Best Film by a non-Latin American Director.
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Standard no.: | 717119801540
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Publisher's no.: | 80105 New Yorker Video
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