Empire City
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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Mead Hunt
Director of Photography
Michael Blackwood
Producer
Peter Brugger
Executive Producer
David Schmerler
Associate Producer
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Thomas Holaday
Sound Recordist
Frances Fitzgerald
Writer
Ned Bastille
Editor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Mixer
Pamela Katz
Assistant Camera
Michael Blackwood
Director
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