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New York In The Fifties


Directed by Betsey Blankenbaker
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New York in the Fifties

This fascinating documentary film, based on the bestselling book by Dan Wakefield, is the story of a unique time and place in history when New York City was a hotbed of artistic expression, drinking, hot jazz, radical politics and psychoanalysis. It features interviews and rare footage with world famous writers, actors, musicians, artists and poets including Gay Talese, Joan Didion, Allen Ginsberg, Mark Van Doren, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin and Norman Podhoretz.

"...an enlightening and entertaining history lesson about one of the most creative and influential group of individuals in the 20th century of America." -- Box Office Magazine

Opened on February 9, 2001

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