Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States

This 1919 short is the only Harold Lloyd title other than SPEEDY set in New York City, although it was filmed entirely in Los Angeles. BUMPING INTO BROADWAY was also the first two-reeler to star Lloyd's "Glasses Character." This newly restored master ...

Directed by D. A. Pennebaker • 1953 • United States

Shot in 1953, though not completed until 1957, DAYBREAK EXPRESS was the first film D. A. Pennebaker made, a mad rush of images of New York City captured from a train and edited to the rhythm of Duke Ellington’s song of the same name. A jazz afi...

Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1958 • United States

An exercise in visual abstraction, these montages by director Shirley Clarke examine the bridges of New York City. This version features an electronic score by Louis and Bebe Barron.

Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1958 • United States

An exercise in visual abstraction, these montages by director Shirley Clarke examine the bridges of New York City. This version features a jazz score by Teo Macero.

Directed by Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke • 1960 • United States

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film by director Shirley Clarke playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Clarke referred to this work as a musi...

Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1963 • United States
Starring Zeph Michaelis, Mimi Stark, Sarah Braveman

This giddily experimental student film by Martin Scorsese employs a jumble of freewheeling optical effects as it tells the surreal story of a man who becomes increasingly obsessed with a pictur...

Directed by Hollis Frampton • 1968 • United States

A film in three parts: a man talking while a telephone rings, a walking tour of New York, and a goldfish swimming.

Directed by Joyce Chopra and Claudia Weill • 1972 • United States
Starring Joyce Chopra

In feminist filmmaker Joyce Chopra’s JOYCE AT 34 (codirected with Claudia Weill, who would later direct the great unsung GIRLFRIENDS), Chopra examines the demands of juggling a baby and a professional career.

Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1974 • United States
Starring Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese

In one of his most personal works, Martin Scorsese sits down with his parents, Catherine and Charles, in their New York apartment for a free-flowing discussion that touches on family history, the imm...

Directed by Mira Nair • 1983 • United States

Ashok Sheth is one of many Indian immigrants working in subway newsstands in New York City. This documentary follows his first journey back home to Ahmedabad, where he is forced to confront the conflicts between his ancestral culture and his new life ...

Directed by Sara Driver • 1994 • United States

Produced for the French television series POSTCARDS FROM NEW YORK, this short documentary captures the poetry of the city’s storied skid row before its gentrification.

Directed by Mira Nair • 2002 • United States

Based on events surrounding the September 11, 2001, disappearance of Salman Hamdani, a young Pakistani American man from Queens, this film portrays his mother’s struggle with terrorist allegations, her own fears, and her son’s fate that day.

Directed by Mira Nair • 2008 • France
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Birsa Chatterjee

One of eight shorts commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global society, this film explores gender equality. It’s the story of Zainab and Arif, who live with their son, Munna, in...

Directed by Raven Jackson • 2018 • United States

Traversing New York City, a dancer seeks freedom and peace through movement.

Directed by Mariama Diallo • 2018 • United States
Starring Kara Young, Taliah Webster, Madeline Weinstein

She’s white and she wants dreads . . . The staff of a Black hair salon in Brooklyn fend off a terrifying new monster: white women intent on literally sucking the lifeblood from Black culture.

Directed by Myna Joseph • 2019 • United States
Starring Lucy Owen, Gideon Glick, Anh Duong

As she bounces from job to job, a thirtysomething woman must summon all her resilience in order to survive a whirlwind day in the contemporary gig economy of New York City.