The City (2007)

The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, himself once an immigrant in New York, wrote that NYC is not a city, not a country, but all humanity in one drop. THE CITY explores this humanity, now, in New York City, through the unique eyes of non-native New Yorkers, exiles, immigrants, refugees, eccentrics, and a Ghost. A collage of stories, together with the montage of images, sound and music, running through the film like a heartbeat, create New York moments, frozen in a particular time. Accompanied by haunting visuals, Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry, and a unique score by Sxip Shirey's "mutant harmonica," THE CITY is also a visual poem to a city of immigrants, which keeps re-inventing itself through its history, and into the new century.

Released June 22, 2007 82 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.new-york-city, imdb.new-york, imdb.immigrant, imdb.poem, imdb.montage, aspectratio.1-66-1

Production Companies: Surla Films

Country: United States
Languages: English