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1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
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Charles Barron, Christine Quinn, Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, Edward I. Koch, George Arzt, James Oddo, John LoCicero, Joyce Purnick, Lewis Fidler, Mark Weprin, Michael Goodwin, Sam Roberts |
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Originally produced by Zeitgeist Films in 2012. |
| Summary |
Former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989, a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. KOCH is an intimate and revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform. The tumult of his three terms included a fiercely competitive 1977 election; an infamous 1980 transit strike; the burgeoning AIDS epidemic; landmark housing renewal initiatives; and an irreparable municipal corruption scandal. Through candid interviews and rare archival footage, Koch thrillingly chronicles the personal and political toll of running the world's most wondrous city in a time of upheaval and reinvention. Official Selection at the **Hamptons International Film Festival** and at the **Palm Springs Film Festival.** "*Skillfully directed and assembled...a very good movie—vivid, touching, and fair.*" - Hendrik Hertzberg, ***The New Yorker*** |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Politicians.
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Current affairs.
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History, Modern.
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History.
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Political science.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Barsky, Neil, film director.
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Barron, Charles, actor.
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Quinn, Christine, actor.
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Calvin O. Butts III, Dr., actor.
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I. Koch, Edward, actor.
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Arzt, George, actor.
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Oddo, James, actor.
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LoCicero, John, actor.
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Purnick, Joyce, actor.
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Fidler, Lewis, actor.
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Weprin, Mark, actor.
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Goodwin, Michael, actor.
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Roberts, Sam, actor.
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Zeitgeist Films (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6347025 Kanopy |
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