Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

In Jackson Heights / a film by Frederick Wiseman ; a production of Moulins Films, LLC in association with Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; director, producer, editor, sound, Frederick Wiseman.

Publisher, Date:

[Place of publication not identified] : Moulin Films, LLC, [2015]

Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

Summary:

"Frederick Wiseman's 40th documentary IN JACKSON HEIGHTS is about the racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York. The subject of the film is the daily life of the people in this community--their businesses, community centers, religions, and political, cultural and social lives--and the conflict between maintaining ties to traditions of the countries of origin and the need to learn and adapt to American ways and values."-- Provided by publisher

Subjects:

Neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.

Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Wiseman, Frederick. film producer, film director, editor of moving image work.

Davey, John, director of photography.

Moulin Films, LLC, production company

Independent Television Service, production company.