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ON THE BOWERY directed by Lionel Rogosin

BENEFIT SCREENING: LIONEL ROGOSINS ON THE BOWERY + SLIDESHOW OF ROGOSINS UNSEEN BOWERY PHOTOGRAPHS!

For this special screening of ON THE BOWERY a benefit for the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors Lionel Rogosins son Michael will be here in person to present the film, as well as a selection of the filmmakers unseen photographs of the Bowery, and a short video interview with Martin Scorsese.

The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors is a nonprofit grassroots organization working to protect residents, small businesses, the neighborhood, and the historic character of the Bowery. For more info visit: www.boweryalliance.org/

Lionel Rogosin
ON THE BOWERY
(1956, 65 min, 35mm. Special thanks to Milestone Films.)
Rogosins influential, semi-documentary film masterpiece chronicles three days on New Yorks skid row. Ray is a railroad worker who drifts onto the Bowery after a long bout of laying tracks. Entering the Confidence Bar & Grill, he begins a weekend of drinking until he ends up in an alley with nothing in the world. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Venice Film Festival, ON THE BOWERY was nominated for an Academy Award, and in 2008 was added to the National Film Registry.

Rogosin is probably the greatest documentary filmmaker of all time. John Cassavetes

A milestone in American cinema. [] Rogosins film is so true to my memories of that place and that time. He accomplished his goal, of portraying the lives of the people who wound up on the Bowery, as simply and honestly and compassionately as possible. Its a rare achievement. Martin Scorsese

PLEASE NOTE: Ticket sales here close 4 hours before the show; if it's later than that, please purchase your tickets at the box office.

ON THE BOWERY
Directed by Lionel Rogosin. 2018, 92 min, digital.
-Sun, April 7 at 7:00pm