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This multi-pronged project restores a lost film, remixes local histories, creates public art, and shares realities of the Southside today.
Shot by Shot
The film from 1984, dismantled shot by shot, so longstanding residents of Los Sures can splice in their own stories.
89 Steps
An interactive story about Marta, one of the primary voices from the film, as she contemplates leaving the neighborhood.
Southside Short Docs
A collection of award-winning short documentaries inspired by the film from 1984 and the neighborhood today.
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See the film that inspired the project, Los Sures from 1984.
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Press on Echeverria's Los Sures
“Trenchant and eye-opening.”
“An authenticity that has been captured by no fiction film I’ve ever seen.”
““Both an invaluable record of pre-gentrification Brooklyn and an ode to a community’s resilience.”
Project Highlights
July 26th Screening – BAM Cinema
See the restored original film on the big screen at 2:30 and 6:30pm. Director Diego Echeverria present for second screening.
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Short Doc: Of Memory and Los Sures
Animated oral histories of longtime residents reflect a collective memory of Los Sures.
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June 6th Event: A Brooklyn Barrio
A day of art, story, and local experience in the Brooklyn Barrio presented by UnionDocs and The Van Alan Institute.
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Shot 212
Cuso walks down South 4th Street. Do you know anyone he passes on the sidewalk? People we interviewed remember.
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Locally Owned in Los Sures
Visit these longstanding spots for to get the real flavor of the neighborhood.
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DVD available for universities, libraries, and other institutions.
Living Los Sures has been presented at colleges and universities at Columbia, NYU, Yale, Pratt, CUNY, Princeton, Hofstra, UMASS, Syracuse, MIT, among many others.
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