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.

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love ...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

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

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...

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

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

A character study of Puerto Rican struggling rapper Negro Gonzalez, a portrait of his island, a beau...

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

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the ...

NYC Graffiti Documentary "Kings Destroy" straight from the boogie down Bronx and right into your liv...

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...

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

The year 1966, gender crosschangers and homophiles from around the country are gathering inside a fi...

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

A collaboration between filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira and performance artist Thomas Pinnock, who performs...