Brooklyn native Richardson Hitchins walked into the Flatbush Atlas Cops and Kids Gym in 2010 looking for something to do. Today, due to mentoring by dedicated NYPD cops and his hard work and determination, Richardson is a two-time Golden Glove champion and an Olympic athlete. Follow Richardson as he preps for his pro debut, and […]
Aura has cleaned the houses of other people for 30 years. But soon she will become the owner of many houses of her own. The film accompanies Aura during the last stage of her journey – a portrait of a woman who came here as a sweet lamb and became a tiger.
An after school improv class gives two teenagers much needed extra credit; it will also give them the chance to create new characters for themselves, onstage and off.
Jesselyn “JessZilla” Silva is serious about boxing, and at 10 years old trains seriously with dreams of becoming a professional fighter. Her father, Pedro, finds himself caught in between supporting her dream and worrying about her future in boxing.
With a process that takes her from the streets of Harlem to a studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn, artist Jordan Casteel paints vibrant large scale portraits, making visible the often unrepresented humanity of Black men. At first struggling to find subject matter that could speak to the political realities of police violence and implicit bias, Casteel […]
Touting up to 250 pound dumbbells for some of Brooklyn’s strongest men & women, Richie’s gym has become a cornerstone of Bushwick. After first opening its doors in the mid-90’s, it became a safe haven where people found refuge from the burned down buildings and drug riddled, violent streets. Now, in the midst of a […]
In an effort to use her tragic story as a catalyst for change, Ana Wagner began advocating for children’s civil rights in New York State. Despite the demands of motherhood, the demands of marriage, cultural oppression, and the haunting memory of her devastating experience, Ana is doing what she once wasn’t able to as a […]
A look at the powerful connection between a pair of outdoor ping pong tables in the heart of New York City and the unlikely group of people they’ve brought together, from homeless people to investment bankers to gangbangers.
NYC PREMIERE . Years after the suicide of her sister Ruth, a talented but troubled artist, director Hope Litoff tries to make sense of her loss. Renting a studio, Hope begins a meticulous forensic investigation of the belongings Ruth left behind, filling the space with her artwork, diaries, datebooks and a pharmacy’s worth of prescription-drug bottles. […]
Abacus Federal Savings Bank is a modest institution of New York’s Chinatown that came under harsh prosecution in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. While other banks were considered ‘too big to fail,’ Abacus was ‘small enough to jail.’ Filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) follows the bank’s founder Thomas Sung and his family as […]