When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and strengthened, thanks to a syncretic and intentionally popular music that eventually conquered the entire city.

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pre...

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a c...

A documentary about a case of police brutality in the 80's NYC, the killing of graffiti artist Micha...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York a...

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t...

Stories from survivors frame this documentary detailing the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwe...

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hi...

New York cab and black car drivers are facing economic and emotional hardship in a city dominated by...

1969, New York City, 3 teams won World Championships, the Jets, the Mets and the Knicks.

At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone...

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers...

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of...

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profes...

A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with addit...

Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti...

A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.