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  • Downtown Calling (2009)
  • 75 min | Documentary
Downtown Calling (2009)
75 min | Documentary

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big...See moreIn the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge. Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today. Written by Ben Velez See less
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Oct 24, 2009 (United States)

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DJ AM
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Daze
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Bobbito Garcia
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Debbie Harry
Self - Narrator (as Deborah Harry) Self - Narrator (as Deborah Harry)   See fewer
Ed Koch
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Maripol
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Questlove
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Zephyr
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