The Gods of Times Square
Leaving December 31
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1h 54m
Directed by Richard Sandler • 1999 • United States
Over the course of six years, street photographer and filmmaker Richard Sandler documents the Giuliani-era transformation of Manhattan’s Times Square, as mom-and-pop stores and the colorful characters who made the intersection a “speakers’ corner” are increasingly squeezed out by a real-estate gold rush. The film captures a pivotal moment in New York history when the place most identified with free speech and free spirits changed from a democratic, interracial common ground to an increasingly sterile, corporate-controlled theme park.
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