Roots of Manhattan (2020)

THE WHOLE SHEBANG

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for money prizes. Baby prepares for WW2. [Originally a 70mm projection-performance, 1982, by Ken and Flo Jacobs. From THRILLS AND CHILLS (Castle Films, c. 1930)].

RECIPROCAL

First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and releasing the viewer, but with the option of repeating.

CRUSH

An Eternalism film.

PAINTED POSTER

An Eternalism film.

DR. TOOTHY

An Eternalism film.

Street Commerce

An Eternalism film.

Resting Merchant

An Eternalism film.

Neon Sign

An Eternalism film.

Flowers and Bike

An Eternalism film.

Broadway Buildings II

An Eternalism film.

Period Piece

An Eternalism film.

Rain Clouds

An Eternalism film.

Sleeping American

An Eternalism film.

DeKooning Passed

An Eternalism film.

Facade with Face

An Eternalism film.

Natural Collage

An Eternalism film.

Reading Society

An Eternalism film.

Duck

An Eternalism film.

Chinese New Years II

An Eternalism film.

Bison

An Eternalism film.

Friendly Building

An Eternalism film.

Spaceworks

An Eternalism film.

Whirlpool

An Eternalism film.

Halley’s Comet

An Eternalism film.

Storefront

An Eternalism film.

Spiky

An Eternalism film.

PAPPY SEES 3D, TOO

An Eternalism film.

MOVING ROAD

An Eternalism film.

Broadway Buildings III

An Eternalism film.

Municipal Building Passage

An Eternalism film.

Transparent Apartments

An Eternalism film.

Water Balloon

An Eternalism film.

Chinese New Years

An Eternalism film.

Bargains

An Eternalism film.

Barber

An Eternalism film.

Ken and Flo

An Eternalism film.

Another Day in Days of Yore

An Eternalism film.

Waiting Room Window

An Eternalism film.

Lazy City

An Eternalism film.

Red Green

An Eternalism film.

City Foliage

An Eternalism film.

Doyer Street

An Eternalism film.

Working Girls (short)

An Eternalism film.

Hubble II

An Eternalism film.

Foliage in Moving Car Window

An Eternalism film.

Garage Wall

An Eternalism film.

Fire Escape

An Eternalism film.

Street Commerce II

An Eternalism film.

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

What Killed Michael Brown?

Acclaimed writer, Shelby Steele, has long argued that systemic racism is more a strategy than a truth, and that the universal oppression of black Americans is largely over with. But the 2014 shooting of a black teen, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white policeman shook the nation to its core. During Steele’s investigation of Ferguson, America was once again rocked by the brutal killing of George Floyd. Didn’t these killings, and the long list of others like them, put the lie to Steele’s argument?

One Word

A documentary about the impacts of climate change on the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its people. Most parts of the Marshall Islands are less than 5.9 feet above sea level. Forecasts predict the uninhabitability of the country by 2050.

Rooting for Roona

In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral. This documentary charts her journey.

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.

The Newburgh Sting

Just 60 miles north of New York City sits the poverty-stricken town of Newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were arrested for a plan to bomb two Jewish centers in the Bronx. But their leader, a suspicious Pakistani businessman planted by the government as an informant, led these men straight into the hands of the authorities. With endless footage gathered from hidden cameras, directors David Heilbroner and Kate Davis investigate just what homegrown terrorism truly means in this shocking and galvanizing exposé.

The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir

Drop out of school to ride with the Merry Pranksters. Form America’s most enduring jam band. Become a family man and father. Never stop chasing the muse. Bob Weir took his own path to and through superstardom as rhythm guitarist for The Grateful Dead. Mike Fleiss re-imagines the whole wild journey in this magnetic rock doc and concert film, with memorable input from bandmates, contemporaries, followers, family, and, of course, the inimitable Bob Weir himself.

The Search for General Tso

From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.