Third Shift (2013)Directed by: Anthony SimonOnce producing half of the nation’s sugar, the Domino Sugar Refinery was an icon of the industrial work available in the Southside of Williamsburg. Two former workers who live only blocks away return to their days at Domino and visit the now derelict space that was part of their lives for 30 years.This film is part of UnionDocs sprawling Living Los Sures project. You can see the film from 1984 that inspired their work, Los Sures, on Mubi until October 3rd.About the Living Los Sures Project:living Los SURESProduced over 5 years by 60 artists at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Living Los Sures is an expansive project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Known by its longterm Latino residents as Los Sures, the neighborhood was one of the poorest in New York City in the late 70s and early 80s. In fact, it had been...
- 9/23/2016
- MUBI
El ÚLTIMO Pan (The Last Bread)Directed by: Maria Rosa BadiaAfter 17 years in business, La Villita Bakery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was forced to close its doors. A victim of rising rents and rapid gentrification, this family owned business was a staple of the working class community that once could afford to live in the area. Chronicling the final days of this beloved bakery, The Last Bread (2013) captures the death of yet another small business in an increasingly homogeneous New York City. This film is part of UnionDocs sprawling Living Los Sures project. You can see the film from 1984 that inspired their work, Los Sures, on Mubi until October 3rd.About the Living Los Sures Project:living Los SURESProduced over 5 years by 60 artists at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Living Los Sures is an expansive project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Known by its longterm Latino residents as Los Sures,...
- 9/2/2016
- MUBI
Night BUSDirected by: Sophie Hamacher, Sarah Stein Kerr and Tessa RexA lyrical assembly of sounds and images portrays the experiences of workers traversing New York City on the night bus. Appearing only as hazy reflections through weathered windows, the characters reflect, in voices heavy with fatigue, on the work behind or ahead of them. These meandering narratives of solitude and sleeplessness recount a repletion of passages through the dark city that give voice to the lived experience of the 24hour economy This film is part of UnionDocs sprawling Living Los Sures project. You can see the film from 1984 that inspired their work, Los Sures, on Mubi until October 3rd.About the Living Los Sures Project:living Los SURESProduced over 5 years by 60 artists at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Living Los Sures is an expansive project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Known by its longterm Latino residents as Los Sures,...
- 9/2/2016
- MUBI
Of Memory And Los Sures Directed by: Andrew Parsons & Laurie SumiyeOf Memory & Los Sures (2011) is a hybrid animated documentary film featuring oral histories of longtime residents of Los Sures, a neighborhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Voices of longtime residents of Los Sures, a mostly Puerto Rican neighborhood, are juxtaposed with images suggesting a recently disappearing past. The film weaves their stories, reflecting unique glimpses into collective memory of a place undergoing rapid changes. Through explorations of urban space, the film unearths fragments of history and culture, and recreates those memories through video, photography, archival documents and animation.This film is part of UnionDocs sprawling Living Los Sures project. You can see the film from 1984 that inspired their work, Los Sures, on Mubi until October 3rd.About the Living Los Sures Project:living Los SURESProduced over 5 years by 60 artists at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Living Los Sures is an expansive project about the Southside of Williamsburg,...
- 9/2/2016
- MUBI
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