New documentary: Everybody Street (2013)

Godlis hipped me to this very interesting historical look at street photographers in New York City, Everybody Street.

From the film's site:

"Everybody Street" illuminates the lives and work of New York's iconic street photographers and the incomparable city that has inspired them for decades. The documentary pays tribute to the spirit of street photography through a cinematic exploration of New York City, and captures the visceral rush, singular perseverance and at times immediate danger customary to these artists.

Featured Photographers - Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Jill Freedman, Bruce Gilden, Joel Meyerowitz, Rebecca Lepkoff, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Mermelstein, Clayton Patterson, Ricky Powell, Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper, and Boogie, with historians Max Kozloff and Luc Sante. 

Rent or buy this film, and see some extra features, at Vimeo here.

New documentary: Jamel Shabazz, Street Photographer

It seems you can't shake a stick these days without coming across a really cool music-based documentary. Charlie Ahearn, best known for being the filmmaker responsible for Wild Style, as they say, back in the day, has a new one making the rounds at the moment - Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer. Covering Shabazz's influential shots from the early days of the New York hip hop scene, it gives life to the several excellent book collections that include his work like Back In the Days, A Time Before Crack, and others.

Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer will be screening, starting today, through August 8 at Lincoln Center. For times & tickets click here.