Under the Influence of Ego Trip: "80 Blocks from Tiffany's" and "Shotgun"
Maysles Cinema
New York, NY
80 Blocks From Tiffany's
(Dir. Gary Wiess, 1979, 67 min.)
Shotgun
(Dir. Steven Goodman, 1982, 25 min.)
Egotrip and the Maysles Institute have partnered to present Egotrips favourite documentaries. 80 Blocks from Tiffany's is a rich film where filmmaker Gary Wiess and cinematographer Joan Churchill hang out with the South Bronx gang, the Savage Skulls. In Shotgun, this party atmosphere turns tragic. Steven Goodman, who has gone on to lead the field of video education with EVC, provides a portrait of Shotgun, an eighteen-year-old gang member living in the South Bronx, facing serious criminal charges.
Both filmmakers will be present at the In addition, Ponce Laspina, a former 5th Division President of the notorious Savage Skulls, and NYPD Detective Robert Werner (who appears prominently in 80 Blocks) will also be in attendance.
About Ego Trip: Ego Trip is the New York-based creative collective behind the top-rated VH1 reality programs The (White) Rapper Show and Miss Rap Supreme as well as the critically acclaimed Book of Rap Lists and Big Book of Racism!
Note: 2/3 to 125th St
Located on the west side of the street between 127th and 128th streets on Lenox Ave (aka Malcolm X Blvd.)
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| Start: | Thursday Jan 28, 2010 7:30 PM | | End: | Thursday Jan 28, 2010 10:00 PM |
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Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave.
New York, NY
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