New York, NY: "BOOKWARS" (Award winning urban feature about NYC street booksellers)

From www.bookwarsmovie.com - The gritty world of NYC street booksellers is told in a remarkable story that chronicles their lives and their unique perspectives on life...

See the Mayor, the NYPD, and the University try to shut them down!

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BOOKWARS - http://www.bookwarsmovie.com

New York Underground Film Festival Winner
IFP Gotham Award Nominee
As seen on Arte/ZDF, PBS, Metrochannels, NHK, Bravo, SVT, and other venues around the world!

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Film & Animation

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• NYPD
• New York Police
• street vendors
• addiction
• 1st amendment
• camerado
• NYU
• New York City
• City
• Nyc
• Awards
• Manhattan
• underground
• documentary
• Brooklyn
• J rosette
• jason rosette

[thedeadcellist]

i know a lot of these guys, they're all really smart and know their shit, at least the guys in the village - they shouldn't have to put up with any shit, they have it hard enough to begin with

[aztiff]

Great book scene now gone forever. NYU worked hard with EVERY mayor, especially the cruelly fascistic & simple-minded former cop Giuliani to lay real claim to all streets surrounding Washington Square Park, to actually OWN them and charge rent to vendors, payable to NYU. Many Universities have gotten away with this (Syracuse U. most notably has destroyed the city it inhabits), but thanks to the booksellers the NYU plan was at least delayed for many years.