Elena Shevchenco, Gilbert Giles, Patrick Godfrey, Gina Delio. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
Summary:
Lisa, a young Russian emigre new to New York, and Roy, an African-American apartment manager, bond as they eke out a meager living on the city's Lower East Side, but their budding relationship is thwarted by economic realities and personal responsibilities. Set in the early 1990s, before gentrification, Black & White captures the gritty locale as well as the difficulties of escaping a fringe existence. The film is populated by an assortment of people who respond to life in different ways.
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