7th Street [DVD]

Product Description Get ready to dive into one of the most violent, drug-infested neighborhoods only to see it transform into the trendy, residential enclave it has become. Many of the old timers figured out how to survive the area when it was a ghetto - now the challenge for them is to see if they can survive gentrification. 7TH STREET draws the viewer into a neighborhood that most people were once too afraid to enter. An area that most people only heard rumors about: Alphabet City in NYC’s East Village, once known as the drug capital of the East Coast. The movie explores change in one of the most vital areas of NYC and the complexity of gentrification. Not only is this movie about one block in Manhattan – it’s about neighborhoods and communities all over the world where progress sometimes comes at the expense of richness of character and diversity. Viewers join in Pais’ struggle as he sees his block transform and become a safe place for his newborn son and a trendy neighborhood for the new inhabitants at the expense of his street family. The people who were his role models as a child he now sees homeless in Tompkins Square Park or discovers them dead. 7TH STREET will undoubtedly pull your heartstrings and make you look with fresh eyes at the place you call home. Review A deeply personal and affecting documentary film that's a powerful statement for preserving neighborhood identity. -- Variety Engaging...Passionately Alive...A Love Letter On Film. -- New York Times Entertaining. -- New York Post The critics pick. Will resonate for anyone. -- Time Out New York From the Contributor DVD BONUS FEATURES • Sundance After Effect – A featurette produced by the Sundance Channel detailing the music and art scene in the East Village. Excerpts and commentary from Debbie Harry, David Byrne and The Talking Heads, performing artist Ann Magnuson and director Josh Pais are included. • Audience Q&A with Josh Pais - Josh responds to viewers’ spirited reactions immediately following a screening of 7TH STREET at NYC’s East Village Howl Film Festival. • Manny: The Jewish Mafia – 35 minutes of additional footage delving into the infamous past of Jewish organized crime. Manny, one of the central characters of 7TH STREET, reveals how he became the millionaire of the block by paying off cops in order to run illicit gambling parlors and boasts about the escapades of being a bodyguard for the heavy-hitters of the Jewish Mob. About the Actor This is Pais’ first movie as a director. Currently he is in pre-production on a new feature he will produce and direct. As an actor he has had featured roles in many movies including: MUSIC OF THE HEART, SCREAM 3, A CIVIL ACTION, ROUNDERS, SAFE MEN, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, JACKNIFE, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (the princeton professor who admits the healed Russell Crowe into his classroom), SCOTLAND PA (Lot 47 Directed by Billy Morrissette). Most recently he had featured roles in THE PHONE BOOTH (Directed by Joel Schumacker), IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (Directed by Fred Schepisi), where Pais plays Michael Douglas’ boss and MARMALADE (Directed by Kim Dempster) where Pais plays a swinging Rabbi who runs a singles night called The Soul mate Connection and this years Sundance favorite THE STATION AGENT. In SWIMMING he played Lauren Ambrose’s brother. And for Comedy Central and Tribeca Films Pais played Professor Hoffman in PORN N CHICKEN. He just completed shooting a staring role in DEATH BY COMMITTEE. He has recurring roles on LAW AND ORDER, LAW AND ORDER: SVU and LAW AND ORDER; CRIMINAL INTENT and has been a guest star on MURPHY BROWN, STAR TREK: DS9, SEX AND THE CITY (The Modelizer) and THE JOB (Anger Management).
ASIN: B0000EI2MA
VSKU: DBV.B0000EI2MA.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Pais, Josh
Binding: Dvd
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