City Hall | Trailer | NYFF58

Frederick Wiseman's City Hall is a Main Slate selection at the 58th New York Film Festival. Get tickets: www.filmlinc.o...
Nonagenarian national treasure Frederick Wiseman returns with another kaleidoscopic look at the function and practice of community, policy, and civic engagement in shaping Americans’ everyday lives. This time, Wiseman trains his gaze on the inner workings of the city of Boston, taking viewers into the public and backroom discussions that can either inspire or stall municipal action. As in such recent works of penetrative institutional analysis as At Berkeley and In Jackson Heights, Wiseman shows-without editorializing or casting broadsides-a country’s steps toward inclusivity and social reform, as well as the entrenched systems that keep progress in relative check. Wiseman’s top-down approach to representing governmental function speaks to the multicultural and immigrant communities and businesses of Boston’s neighborhoods and suburbs, while also standing in for the whole of a nation constantly wrestling with its legacy and debating its future. A Zipporah Films release.
Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. Get tickets and see more information: www.filmlinc.o...
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[@annenelligan8374]

Wiseman never cuts into, no fancy dance, just the thing itself, narrative paced in time with visual. Deserves acknowledgement

[@skooter6235]

I wish Fredericks films were available anywhere besides airing for limited times at places like the Lincoln Center, which isn’t really an option for me. I wonder why Criterion doesn’t do a box set…

[@umscottschaeffer]

all of his films are available on Kanopy which you can get access to with a library card!

[@skooter6235]

Thanks, I will check it out. Pun intended

[@jameslatin2939]

@@umscottschaeffer Thank you!