The city = La ciudad / Independent Television Service ; Echo Lake Productions ; North Star Films ; a film by David Riker ; produced by David Riker and Paul S. Mezey ; written, directed and edited by David Riker.
Edition:
Letterboxed.
Publisher:
New Yorker Video,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Anthony Rivera, Joe Rigano, Miguel Maldonado, Cipriano Garcia, Leticia Herrera, Jose Rabelo, Stephanie Viruet, Silvia Goiz, Antonio Peralta. Videodisc release of the 1999 motion picture. Special features: theatrical trailer; scene selections; featurette: The making of a community film. Filmed in New York City between 1992 and 1997. Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Summary:
Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
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