Little Brother is watching big brother, in this riveting document of NYC's once anarchic Lower East Side

Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower East Side, a neighborhood famed for art, music and revolutionary minds. Traversing the outside edge he’s recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification. His odyssey from voyeur to provocateur reveals that it can take losing everything you love to find your own significance.

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Release Year: 2008

Duration: 84 min

Availability: Worldwide

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Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower East Side, a neighborhood famed for art, music and revolutionary minds. Traversing the outside edge he’s recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification. His odyssey from voyeur to provocateur reveals that it can take losing everything you love to find your own significance.

Directed by

Ben Solomon

Dan Levin

Produced by

Jenner Furst

Dan Levin

Ben Solomon

Executive Producer

Marc Levin

Edited by

Jenner Furst

Composer

Phil Quinaz

Mike Gamble

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Posted 12/08/09 by will

Those ad’s kill me.

RIP Dash Snow

Posted 12/04/09 by fred

i first visited NYC and Lower East Side in the summer of 1982 and remember how amazed I was at the vibe. Tomkins Sq had a festival of sorts where the whole community gathered, including, I think Allen Ginsberg. I remember trying to capture the atmosphere in a little story that I sent to a Dutch newspaper. It was never used. Later, around 2001, I came back to check on the neighborhood for a chapter for my book on underground from the 80s (Club Risiko), focussing on Sonic Youth and their coterie for the NYC chapter. It was nice. Nice is exactly the word. Nothing more, nothing less. Nice and very unexciting. Although Nick Zedd still tried to stir some #### in a small club somewhere. Anyway, great doccie!!! Thanks!

Posted 11/27/09 by pizbot

I appreciate the juxtapose of the soulless commercials they have running, right at key moments in this this. Like the Tide spot, showing how they respond to places that disasters hit, offering to wash clothes.... as the dirty fires blaze in the L.E.S.

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