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.

Observations at Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, which is one of the most fascinating stations fo...

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...

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly young...

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
The shape-shifting and enigmatic hip hop artist Kool Keith has managed to surprise, shock, and enrag...

Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes ent...

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of N...

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reve...

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

Tito del Amo, a passionate 72-year-old researcher, takes the final step to unravel the enigma about ...

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro...

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attrac...

The dramatic comedy is based on the true story of writer and pinball wizard Roger Sharpe, chroniclin...

The Allman Brothers Band were initially not happy with the first two releases, but they were able to...

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