Homeless New York 1990
Homeless New York 1990 is a digitalized recut of two associated 16mm films, Black and White, that were made in 1990.
Homeless thematizes the poverty that had become visible in American cities — New York in particular — in the 1980s, which affected primarily African-Americans. The dismantling of the social safety net according to the dictates of neoliberalism resulted in dangerous levels of homelessness, drug dealing and crime, and required answers other than exclusion on the basis of fear and looking the other away out of a feeling of powerlessness.
The 2013 recut of Black and White points to the issue´s...
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Orig. Title
Homeless New York 1990
Homeless New York 1990
Year
2013
2013
Country
Austria
Austria
Duration
18 min
18 min