My new American Life 1st January 1970
It’s October 2005, post 9/11 and the States are at a low point of the Bush presidency. Lula, part Muslim, part Christiam is finding a settled life in New Jersey, far away from her native Albania.
Blogs in January 1970
Coming Through Slaughter 1st January 1970
Based on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion. Through a collage of...
Black Maps 1st January 1970
Years after the personal tragedy that scarred his life, Private Investigator John March lives a twilight existence in Manhattan. He is tough and ruthlessly efficient in his professional life, yet introspective and vulnerable when it comes to his relationships...
Let the Great World Spin 1st January 1970
In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers,...
Up in the Old Hotel 1st January 1970
Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his...
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