

Avant-garde cinema meets the city that never sleeps. This curated program showcases experimental "city symphony" films capturing Manhattan's verticality, Brooklyn's energy, and the kinetic pulse of urban life through visionary lenses like Marie Menken and Weegee.
Avant-garde cinema
Experimental film
City symphony
Film history
Tips
🎬features legendary filmmakers Menken, Pennebaker, Weegee
🎵Thelonious Monk scores Burckhardt's Manhattan tours
🎞️explores the rare "city symphony" genre
The Postwar City Symphony, Part 1 (Program 2)


Avant-garde cinema meets the city that never sleeps. This curated program showcases experimental "city symphony" films capturing Manhattan's verticality, Brooklyn's energy, and the kinetic pulse of urban life through visionary lenses like Marie Menken and Weegee.
Avant-garde cinema
Experimental film
City symphony
Film history
Tips
🎬features legendary filmmakers Menken, Pennebaker, Weegee
🎵Thelonious Monk scores Burckhardt's Manhattan tours
🎞️explores the rare "city symphony" genre
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