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.

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

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hi...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

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...

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love ...

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

Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblet...

Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Be...

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

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession...

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

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

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 192...

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

Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exci...

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

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...

A documentary about Pat the Cat and other roller disco skaters who want to make it big doing what th...