Downtown Calling

Downtown Calling, a new documentary on the creative culture that emerged from New York City in the late 70’s narrated by New York’s own Debbie  Harry and directed by Shan Nicholson. Check out the trailer after the jump!

In the late 1970s, the “greatest city in the world” was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en masse 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.

Interviewed and featured in the film is some of the stand out characters of NYC, amongst others: Debbie Harry, DJ AM, James Chance, Fab 5 Freddy, Bobbito Garcia, Nelson George, Micheal Holman, Jazzy Jay, Ed Koch, Mos Def and TV On The Radio.

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