The BLVD (1999)
• January 1st, 1999 • 1h 3min
Documentary
Overview
An experimental documentary about the street drag racing scene on Chicago’s Near West Side. This is a rambling, textured film about obsession. It is about the mythos of speed for its own sake, and it is about waiting. While waiting, The BLVD exposes community, inner-city landscapes and nomadic experiences of place. The film treats storytelling as a living medium for determining history. And it commands respect for those who transform cars, or anything else, through passion.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Dig!
Released on: 2004-05-14
Documentary, Music
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy W...
In the Realms of the Unreal
Released on: 2004-01-15
Documentary
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. ...
Jesus Camp
Released on: 2006-09-15
Documentary
Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled i...
Little Sister's vs. Big Brother
Released on: 2002-08-08
Documentary
This documentary, filmed over a 10-year period, centers on the debate over censorship as it follows ...
Free CeCe
Released on: 2016-06-03
Documentary
This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the...
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary
Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Che...
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Released on: 2003-01-01
Animation, Documentary
Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, p...
Jeroen Willems - Over grenzen
Released on: 2013-12-03
Documentary
An ode to the actor Jeroen Willems, who died suddenly on 3rd December 2012, while on stage.
The Yes Men
Released on: 2003-09-07
Comedy, Documentary
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution of the Steelpan
Released on: 2015-08-08
Documentary
Slavery may have been the catalyst, but culture and passion formed this sound in Trinidad & Toba...
A Man, When He Is a Man
Released on: 2023-04-09
Documentary
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow...
Untitled (Pink Dot)
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary
In Untitled (Pink Dot), Murata transforms footage from the Sylvester Stallone film First Blood (1982...
The Uncles
Released on: 2004-01-01
Documentary
A filmed conversation between Winton Dean and Jonathan Balcon about their fathers Basil Dean (1888 –...
Masks
Released on: 1976-06-14
Documentary
The film sought to portray a relatively unknown and isolated rural world and, through a highly poli...
Will There Be a Theatre Up There?!
Released on: 2013-08-12
Documentary
The main character of this documentary is one of Georgia's most popular actors, Kakhi Kavsadze, who ...
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Released on: 1963-01-01
Documentary
This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontar...
Homegoings
Released on: 2013-06-25
Documentary
Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals...
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Released on: 2001-08-09
Documentary
Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemp...
Coma
Released on: 2007-07-04
Documentary
Four young Americans who've each suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury emerge from their comas at a New ...