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Empire City

Empire City

9,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1985 EN 89 min

Overview

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.

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Release date

01/07/1985

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1

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0.3

The City That Never Sleeps

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

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