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.

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects...

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

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...

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

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

What if this next generation could transcend racism? One year, 12 teens, on a remarkable journey to ...

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him b...

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

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and sh...

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

Kristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreograp...

Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy b...

Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village...

Dubbed New York's "Queen of the Night," proto–club kid Susanne Bartsch has been throwing unforgettab...

Static was filmed from a helicopter circling around the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour. It wa...

Apple Juice is an classic skateboarding documentary shot by SKATE NYC locals from the late 80’s earl...

Director Drew Stone’s The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film is an incredible journey through the com...

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

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted ...