ON THE BOWERY

Back
Lionel Rogosin, 65', 1956, USA
Directed by Lionel Rogosin
Production: Lionel Rogosin, Richard Bagley, Mark Sufrin
Cinematography: Richard Bagley
Editing: Carl Lerner
Music: Charles Mills, Harold Gomberg
With Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Mattheus

On the Bowery chronicles three days on New York’s skid row, the Bowery.  The film is an incredible document of a bygone era and a vivid and devastating portrait of addiction that still resonates today. This film, made “from the inside” shows the subjects in their normal surroundings and allowed them to speak in their own words. The Oscar-nominated On the Bowery is a masterpiece of the American blend of documentary/fiction.

Share

Facebook Twitter Pinterest