Wednesday, December 2
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration Required Below
For more than 125 years, filmmakers have been drawn to the dynamic vitality of New York City — its dramatic architecture, its diverse neighborhoods and populations, its universally recognized landmarks, its 24/7 lifestyle, and its 8 million stories.
Film expert Brian Rose delves into the forces that have helped make the city a featured player in more than 17,000 movies —including such memorable films as King Kong, Naked City, On the Town, West Side Story, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Taxi Driver, Wall Street, and Do the Right Thing.
Illustrated with more than 50 clips, this presentation demonstrates the changing ways New York has been captured on film, and why it still remains a star attraction today.
About Our Speaker
BRIAN ROSE is a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America. His zoom lectures on film and television history have been presented at the Smithsonian, the 92nd St Y., and at JCCs and libraries throughout the country.
This virtual program will be held over Zoom. Please register below to receive a Zoom link the day of the program and add your phone number for a text reminder.