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What Is the City But the People? at Anthology Film Archives

Anthology Film Archives · Dec 4 – 14
Series page: What Is the City But the People?
Programmed by Lauren Lee White
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“December 4-14, 2026 This series takes its name from a 1969 piece of municipal propaganda bankrolled by the New York Department of City Planning. The film opens with a bad-trip montage of the city rife with blood and violence, chaos in the streets, and apocalyptic messages of despair, then suggests that the way out of that nightmare vision is for the city to make another attempt at ‘urban renewal.’” — Anthology Film Archives · Read more

See: Series & Festivals in New York

  1. Chinatown (1974)
    Roman Polanski · Thu Dec 10, 6:45pm · Mon Dec 14, 8:30pm
  2. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980)
    William H. Whyte · Sat Dec 5, 7:00pm · Sat Dec 12, 5:00pm
  3. #7 Train
    · Thu Dec 10, 6:45pm · Mon Dec 14, 8:30pm
  4. Before the First Word (1982)
    Tom Simon · Fri Dec 4, 6:30pm · Fri Dec 11, 9:00pm
  5. Rosedale: The Way It Is (1976)
    Richard Kozák · Wed Dec 9, 8:15pm
  6. Brave New York (2004)
    Richard Sandler · Mon Dec 7, 8:30pm
  7. Break and Enter
    · Mon Dec 7, 6:45pm
  8. Brighton Beach (1980)
    Susan Wittenberg, Carol Stein · Fri Dec 4, 8:45pm · Mon Dec 14, 6:45pm
  9. Childcare
    · Mon Dec 7, 6:45pm
  10. Danska
    · Sun Dec 6, 7:30pm
  11. El Pueblo se Levanta (1971)
    · Thu Dec 10, 8:45pm
  12. New Yorkers (1971)
    Michael Blackwood, Lana Jokel, Philip Miller, Roger Murphy · Fri Dec 4, 6:30pm · Fri Dec 11, 9:00pm
  13. Newsreel (1958)
    Raphael Montañez Ortíz · Sun Dec 6, 7:30pm
  14. Paradox on 72ND Street (1982)
    Gene Searchinger · Sat Dec 5, 5:15pm · Sat Dec 12, 9:00pm
  15. Subway City (1993)
    Nick Lord, Ian Stuttard · Tue Dec 8, 9:00pm
  16. Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive (1980)
    Jon Alpert, Keiko Tsuno · Sun Dec 6, 5:00pm · Fri Dec 11, 6:45pm
  17. Tourist Buses Go Home! (1969)
    Tom Tam · Thu Dec 10, 6:45pm · Mon Dec 14, 8:30pm
  18. Urban Video Project
    · Tue Dec 8, 7:00pm
  19. What Is The City But The People? (1969)
    John Peer Nugent, Gordon Hyatt · Sat Dec 5, 8:45pm · Sat Dec 12, 7:00pm
  20. What Is the City: Dean
    · Sun Dec 6, 7:30pm
  21. What Is the City: Nyc Businesses
    Nick Manning, Vicki Polon, Rhody Streeter, Tony Ganz, Karen Kramer, Barry Braverman · Wed Dec 9, 6:15pm
  22. The World of Piri Thomas (2021)
    Gordon Parks · Thu Dec 10, 8:45pm
  23. Wreck of the New York Subways (Newsreel #47) (1969)
    Newsreel · Tue Dec 8, 9:00pm
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